Programmable Fabrics with Optical Switches in AI Supercomputers

Nikos Terzenidis; Giannis Patronas; Dimitris Syrivelis; Eitan Zahavi; Athanasios Fevgas; Nikos Argyris; Prethvi Kashinkunti; Louis Capps; Zsolt Alon Wertheimer; Chen Avin; Julie Bernauer; Elad Mentovich; Paraskevas Bakopoulos

doi:10.23919/OECC/PSC62146.2025.11109345

Programmable Fabrics with Optical Switches in AI Supercomputers

Nikos Terzenidis
, Giannis Patronas
, Dimitris Syrivelis
, Eitan Zahavi
, Athanasios Fevgas
, Nikos Argyris
, Prethvi Kashinkunti
, Louis Capps
, Zsolt Alon Wertheimer
, Chen Avin
, Julie Bernauer
, Elad Mentovich
, Paraskevas Bakopoulos

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We explore the integration of Optical Circuit Switches (OCSs) in AI/HPC clusters' fabrics, to enhance resiliency in case of failures and enable dynamic topology reconfiguration for optimized deep-learning training, using a Layer-1 Software-Defined Network approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OECC/PSC 2025 - 30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Edition	2025
ISBN (Electronic)	9784885523526
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/OECC/PSC62146.2025.11109345
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference and 2025 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing, OECC/PSC 2025 - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 29 Jun 2025 → 3 Jul 2025

Conference

Conference	30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference and 2025 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing, OECC/PSC 2025
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sapporo
Period	29/06/25 → 3/07/25

Keywords

Large-scale switching technologies for data center (DC) and high-performance computing (HPC) systems
Optical network design
Optical packet/burst/flow switching networks
Software defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow/GMPLS
control
management
security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Terzenidis, N., Patronas, G., Syrivelis, D., Zahavi, E., Fevgas, A., Argyris, N., Kashinkunti, P., Capps, L., Wertheimer, Z. A., Avin, C., Bernauer, J., Mentovich, E., & Bakopoulos, P. (2025). Programmable Fabrics with Optical Switches in AI Supercomputers. In OECC/PSC 2025 - 30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing 2025 (2025 ed.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.23919/OECC/PSC62146.2025.11109345

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Programmable Fabrics with Optical Switches in AI Supercomputers. / Terzenidis, Nikos; Patronas, Giannis; Syrivelis, Dimitris et al.
OECC/PSC 2025 - 30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing 2025. 2025. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2025.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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