无需数字信号处理器的光神经形态芯片,实现超高速低延迟光互连。
Beyond Terabit/s Integrated Neuromorphic Photonic Processor for DSP-Free Optical Interconnects
- 用类脑光计算替代传统DSP,实现全光实时处理。
- 单路100 Gbaud PAM4,5公里光纤下达1.6 Tbit/s,传输距离远超现有方案。
- 延迟降四个数量级,功耗降三个数量级,适合未来大规模AI集群。
生成式AI的快速发展带来了对高性能计算的空前需求。训练大规模AI模型需要跨多个数据中心的海量互联GPU集群。多尺度的AI训练与推理要求统一、超低延迟且节能的连接方式,以使大量GPU能协同工作。然而,传统电互连和光互连依赖数字信号处理器(DSP)进行信号失真补偿,已难以满足严苛要求。为此,我们提出一种集成神经形态光信号处理器(OSP),利用深度储备池计算,实现无DSP、全光、实时处理。实验表明,该OSP在C波段5公里光纤上实现每通道100 Gbaud PAM4、1.6 Tbit/s的数据中心互连(相当于O波段80公里以上),显著超越现有基于DSP的方案,后者受限于IMDD系统中的色散效应。同时,处理延迟降低四个数量级,能耗降低三个数量级。与依赖DSP不同,该OSP在数据速率提升时仍保持一致的超低延迟,适用于未来光互连。此外,它保留完整的光场信息,支持多种调制格式、数据速率和波长。采用成熟硅光工艺制造,可与硅光收发器单片集成,提升全光互连的紧凑性与可靠性。本研究提供了一种高度可扩展、高效节能且高速的解决方案,为下一代AI基础设施铺平道路。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The rapid expansion of generative AI drives unprecedented demands for high-performance computing. Training large-scale AI models now requires vast interconnected GPU clusters across multiple data centers. Multi-scale AI training and inference demand uniform, ultra-low latency, and energy-efficient links to enable massive GPUs to function as a single cohesive unit. However, traditional electrical and optical interconnects, relying on conventional digital signal processors (DSPs) for signal distortion compensation, increasingly fail to meet these stringent requirements. To overcome these limitations, we present an integrated neuromorphic optical signal processor (OSP) that leverages deep reservoir computing and achieves DSP-free, all-optical, real-time processing. Experimentally, our OSP achieves a 100 Gbaud PAM4 per lane, 1.6 Tbit/s data center interconnect over a 5 km optical fiber in the C-band (equivalent to over 80 km in the O-band), far exceeding the reach of state-of-the-art DSP solutions, which are fundamentally constrained by chromatic dispersion in IMDD systems. Simultaneously, it reduces processing latency by four orders of magnitude and energy consumption by three orders of magnitude. Unlike DSPs, which introduce increased latency at high data rates, our OSP maintains consistent, ultra-low latency regardless of data rate scaling, making it ideal for future optical interconnects. Moreover, the OSP retains full optical field information for better impairment compensation and adapts to various modulation formats, data rates, and wavelengths. Fabricated using a mature silicon photonic process, the OSP can be monolithically integrated with silicon photonic transceivers, enhancing the compactness and reliability of all-optical interconnects. This research provides a highly scalable, energy-efficient, and high-speed solution, paving the way for next-generation AI infrastructure.
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