Application of networking concepts to optoelectronic multiprocessor architectures

This paper describes an approach to creating highspeed multiprocessor archi tectures involving free-space optical interconnects using knowledge gained from the analysis of traditional network topologies, Development of an arch itectural specification through identification of the components of a funct ional description and mapping them to an appropriate network model is prese nted. By applying these techniques, the designer has the advantage of field tested solutions to the problems that occur in the development of complex, hybrid, hierarchal, optoelectronic multiprocessor architectures, and proto cols.