Efficient deployment of digital optical processing modules

John Fraser Snowdon; Andrew J. Waddie; Brian S. Wherrett

doi:10.1117/12.983205

2 February 1993 Efficient deployment of digital optical processing modules

John Fraser Snowdon, Andrew J. Waddie, Brian S. Wherrett

Proceedings Volume 1773, Photonics for Computers, Neural Networks, and Memories; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.983205
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An overview of recent work on optical computer design at Heriot-Watt University is presented. The role of parallel electronic machines in the optical machine design process is addressed at both the modular and the system level. Example results of system simulation on both a distributed array processor and a transputer array with implications for general parallel processing are discussed. The systems considered here consist of highly parallel optical units of simple processing capability, running under the control of more sophisticated but less parallel electronic processors. Stress is laid throughout on the use of highly parallel, non-local, free-space, optical interconnects to maximise performance.

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John Fraser Snowdon, Andrew J. Waddie, and Brian S. Wherrett "Efficient deployment of digital optical processing modules", Proc. SPIE 1773, Photonics for Computers, Neural Networks, and Memories, (2 February 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.983205

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