Optical RISC computer

Peter S. Guilfoyle; Richard V. Stone; John M. Hessenbruch; Frederick F. Zeise

doi:10.1117/12.147113

1 July 1993 Optical RISC computer

Peter S. Guilfoyle, Richard V. Stone, John M. Hessenbruch, Frederick F. Zeise

Proceedings Volume 1849, Optoelectronic Interconnects; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147113
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A second generation digital optical computer (DOC II) has been developed which utilizes a RISC based operating system as its host. This 32 bit, high performance (12.8 GByte/sec), computing platform demonstrates a number of basic principals that are inherent to parallel free space optical interconnects such as speed (up to 10¹² bit operations per second) and low power 1.2 fJ per bit). Although DOC II is a general purpose machine, special purpose applications have been developed and are currently being evaluated on the optical platform.

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Peter S. Guilfoyle, Richard V. Stone, John M. Hessenbruch, and Frederick F. Zeise "Optical RISC computer", Proc. SPIE 1849, Optoelectronic Interconnects, (1 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147113

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