TOWARD AN OPTIMAL FOUNDATION ARCHITECTURE FOR OPTOELECTRONIC COMPUTING .1. REGULARLY INTERCONNECTED DEVICE PLANES

By systematically examining the tree of possibilities for optoelectron ic computing architectures and offering arguments that allow one to pr une suboptimal branches of this tree, I come to the conclusion that el ectronic circuit planes interconnected optically according to regular connection patterns represent an alternative that is reasonably close to the best possible, as defined by physical limitations. Thus I propo se that this foundation architecture should provide a basis for future research and development in this area. (C) 1997 Optical Society of Am erica.