Optical memory for computing and information processing

Jose Mumbru; Gan Zhou; Xin An; Wenhai Liu; George Panotopoulos; Fai H. Mok; Demetri Psaltis

doi:10.1117/12.363963

1 October 1999 Optical memory for computing and information processing

Jose Mumbru, Gan Zhou, Xin An, Wenhai Liu, George Panotopoulos, Fai H. Mok, Demetri Psaltis

Proceedings Volume 3804, Algorithms, Devices, and Systems for Optical Information Processing III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363963
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The high data transfer rate achievable in page-oriented optical memories demands for parallel interfaces to logic circuits able to process efficiently the data. The Optically Programmable Gate Array, an enhanced version of a conventional FPGA, utilizes a holographic memory accessed by an array of VCSELs to program its logic. Combining spatial and shift multiplexing to store the configuration pages in the memory, the OPGA module is very compact and has extremely short configuration time allowing for dynamic reconfiguration. The reconfiguration capability of the OPGA can be applied to solve more efficiently problems in pattern recognition and digit classification.

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Jose Mumbru, Gan Zhou, Xin An, Wenhai Liu, George Panotopoulos, Fai H. Mok, and Demetri Psaltis "Optical memory for computing and information processing", Proc. SPIE 3804, Algorithms, Devices, and Systems for Optical Information Processing III, (1 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363963

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