Title :
Optics inside future computers
Author_Institution :
Mercury Comput. Syst. Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses the potential role of optics in future COTS processors manufactured by Mercury Computer Systems. We conclude that high-end applications, particularly space time adaptive processing (STAP), benefit from a computing platform with an optical backplane.
Keywords :
optical computing; optical information processing; system buses; COTS processors; optical backplane; space time adaptive processing; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Internet; Optical computing; Random access memory; Standards development; Storage area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1997., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7975-1
DOI :
10.1109/MPPOI.1997.609174
