OPTICAL ARRAY LOGIC NETWORK COMPUTING - DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM

Authors
AWATSUJI Y SAKAMOTO N UTSURO H TANIDA J ICHIOKA Y
Citation
Y. Awatsuji et al., OPTICAL ARRAY LOGIC NETWORK COMPUTING - DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM, Optical review, 4(1B), 1997, pp. 199-202
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optical review → ACNP
ISSN journal
13406000
Volume
4
Issue
1B
Year of publication
1997
Pages
199 - 202
Database
ISI
SICI code
1340-6000(1997)4:1B<199:OALNC->2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We present the architecture of novel optoelectronic parallel computing called optical array logic network computing (GAL-NC). In the GAL-NC, electronic processing elements execute local operations, whereas an o ptical network processor is dedicated to global operations as well as data transfer. As a prototype of the GAL-NC, a 16x16 pixel system is d esigned at a logical level. Issues associated with the design task are discussed.