Computer-Aided Design Package for Designers of Digital Optical Computers

Abstract

This report covers progress for the period 11/1/91 - 1/31/92 on a jointly sponsored AFOSR/ONR grant to Rutgers University that supports research in architecture and design of digital optical computers. Progress for this reporting period includes the ongoing development of an interactive design tool for digital optical circuits, and the development of optical interconnection methods that affect the design process. Prior to this report, an emphasis has been placed on the Bell Labs style of digital optical processor, in which arrays of optical logic gates are interconnected in free space with regular patterns at the gate level. The computer-aided design (CAD) tools and the optical interconnection methods that we have been developing under AFOSR/ONR support have evolved to the extent that we are now characterizing tradeoffs between the complexity of the optical interconnects and the complexity of the computer architecture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA247612

Entities

People

  • Miles Murdocca

Organizations

  • Rutgers University Department of Computer Science

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Circuits
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Science
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Diameters
  • Diffraction
  • Digital Circuits
  • Logic
  • Logic Devices
  • Logic Gates
  • Optical Circuits
  • Optical Interconnects
  • Optics
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space