VCSEL based smart pixels toward parallel optoelectronic processing systems

In the development of advanced information systems, such as parallel processing computers and ATM switching systems, the speed and capacity of board-mountable processors and switches will increase considerably through advances in VLSI technology. VCSEL based smart pixels will be the key devices to interconnect the VLSI chips, with high throughput at both the inter- and intra-board level. The technical issues involved in applying VCSEL based smart pixels to parallel optical interconnection systems are discussed from the viewpoint of their system applications