Optical Symbolic Processor for Expert System Execution

Abstract

The goal of this program is to develop a concept for an optical computer for symbolic computing by defining a computational model of a high level language, examining the possible devices for the ultimate construction of a processor, and by defining the required optical operations. The efforts in this quarter were in the design and analysis of electronic shuffle-exchange networks (SENs), the identification of the bottlenecks in the performance of the network, and the subsequent determination of the guidelines for implementing an optical SEN such that optics can address the electronic limitations and provide the capability of designing a high-performance network. The analysis of electronic SENs required designing the interface between the processors and the SEN, the smart exchange within the board. We considered both gallium arsenide and ECL technologies to determine the highest performance of an electronic SEN. Keywords: Electrooptics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 29, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196451

Entities

People

  • Aloke Guha

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Coding
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Connectors
  • Data Transmission
  • Decoding
  • Electronics
  • Expert Systems
  • High Density
  • Laser Diodes
  • Network Architecture
  • Optical Fibers
  • Packaging
  • Packets
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics