PCI Express Optical Repeater for Server I/O Expansion
Yongseok Choi1, Cheol-Hoon Lee2
1Yongseok Choi, Senior Engineer, SW Contents Research Laboratory, Electronic and Telecommunication Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
2Prof. Cheol-hoon Lee, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Chungnam University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Manuscript received on 16 November 2015 | Revised Manuscript received on 28 November 2015 | Manuscript Published on 30 November 2015 | PP: 16-19 | Volume-5 Issue-6, November 2015 | Retrieval Number: F2223115615/2015©BEIESP
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Abstract: We suggested a new PCI Express Optical Repeater Device which can locate I/O Devices externally for I/O expansion, not locate all I/O Devices in Server that has limit in Volume and Power in this paper. This Device doesn’t convert PCI Express signal to Optical Signal directly, but in PCI Express Switch Architecture, uses the layered architecture to make Switch’s internal bus or interconnection the optical interface. Thus there is no disadvantage of wasting bandwidth. This solves signal attenuation and over-power dissipation for the sake of Optical Interface Characteristics and can meet distances requirement for Server Environment. We expect that the methods and research results in this paper can be used in Small Server which will want I/O Expansion.
Keywords: PCI Express, Optical Repeater, Server, I/O, Interconnection
Scope of the Article: Optical Repeater