Optical RAM devices and architectures: A way to solve the 'Memory Wall' problem?

George T. Kanellos; Christos Vagionas; Theoni Alexoudi; Dimitrios Fitsios; Costas Vyrsokinos; Amalia Miliou; Nikos Pleros; Paraskevas Bakopoulos; Dimitris Apostolopoulos

Optical RAM devices and architectures: A way to solve the 'Memory Wall' problem?

George T. Kanellos, Christos Vagionas, Theoni Alexoudi, Dimitrios Fitsios, Costas Vyrsokinos, Amalia Miliou, Nikos Pleros, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Dimitris Apostolopoulos

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Optical RAM appears to be the alternative approach towards overcoming the 'Memory Wall' of electronics, suggesting the use of light in RAM cell mechanisms to enable memory access times in the psec-regime. In this paper we present our recent work on optical RAM cell configurations relying on SOA-based switching and latching elements. We review both their experimental and theoretical framework and discuss on the new architectural perspectives in RAM encoding/decoding structures by introducing the WDM principles in the storage area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2012
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012
Event	2012 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2012 - Ajaccio, France Duration: 11 Sept 2012 → 14 Sept 2012

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Conference	2012 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2012
Country/Territory	France
City	Ajaccio
Period	11/09/12 → 14/09/12

Keywords

Access Bit
Access gate
Cross Gain/Phase Modulation
Optical memory
RAM architectures
RAM cell
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

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