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We review the architecture of modern datacenter networks, as well as their scaling challenges; we then present opportunities and needs for emerging optical technologies to support datacenter scaling.
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Liu, H., Urata, R., Vahdat, A. (2013). Optical Interconnects for Scale-Out Data Centers. In: Kachris, C., Bergman, K., Tomkos, I. (eds) Optical Interconnects for Future Data Center Networks. Optical Networks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4630-9_2
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