Advanced Ultra High Speed Processor Technologies

Abstract

In Phase 1 of this project, POC designed, fabricated, and tested Optical interconnects, and designed a graphics processor based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). P0C's board to board connection approach is based on multichannel integrated optical waveguides with novel optoelectronic active connectors, allowing multiple simultaneous data transfers among many boards. Data is transferred from chip to chip through optical data channels within an integrated chip. In the electronic processing System design, POC developed a preliminary design of a multiprocessor system suitable for single instruction multiple data (SIMD) and multiple instruction multiple data (MIMD) with video random access memory (VRAM) and static random access memory (SRAM) for main memory, look up table processing, and display interface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 1996
Accession Number
ADA369427

Entities

People

  • Andrew Kostrzewski

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Transmission
  • Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Multiplexing
  • Optical Communications
  • Optical Interconnects
  • Optical Waveguides
  • Parallel Computing
  • Semiconductors
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems