Title :
Developing a parallel-readout optical-disk system
Author :
Marchand, Philippe J. ; Ambs, Pierre
Author_Institution :
California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Optical-disk technology offers high storage densities with the possibility of parallel readout. Simply by illuminating a disk area containing more than one bit and appropriately encoding the bits, this technology permits retrieval of multiple data in parallel. When used in conjunction with a custom-designed parallel optoelectronic processing system, such systems meet the front-end storage and processing requirements for parallel-computing applications. The content-addressable memory system we are developing should prove useful for future very large database systems.<>
Keywords :
content-addressable storage; optical disc storage; content-addressable memory; optical disk system; parallel optoelectronic processing; parallel optoelectronic processing system; parallel readout; Costs; Diode lasers; Focusing; Holographic optical components; Holography; Image storage; Magnetic heads; Optical arrays; Robustness; Throughput;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
