Opticomp Corporation

Frederick F Zeise

Peter S Guilfoyle

Valentin N Morozov

Valentin N Morozou

An architecture for an optical computing apparatus which utilizes global free space smart optical interconnects and is based on a digital logic family derived from augmenting semiconductor technology with optical logic. The apparatus comprises input means, control means, and detector means, where the detector means includes means for detecting an optical input signal, electronically amplifying and selectively negating the detected signal, and providing an optical output signal. The architecture is capable of providing outputs which are Boolean logical AND/OR operations on designated combinations of binary input bits, and in another embodiment is capable of forming the combinatorial functionals and summations into which an arbitrary user instruction may be decomposed by means of Shannon's theorem and DeMorgan's laws.

Global interconnect architecture for electronic computing modules

Global interconnect architecture for optical computer

A general purpose optical computer in which bits of a control vectors are optically ANDed with bits of a data vector in a vector-vector operation, and in which the results of the optical AND operations are ORed by way of threshold detectors to form combinatorial functionals and combinatorial summations, where the combinatorial functionals and combinatorial summations generated implement a user designated instruction. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of detectors are provided, and a plurality of control words are input to the control operator means to form a control mask which operates upon the input bits provided to the light source means. Each control word interacts with the input bits and the result of such interaction is focused on a different detector. In this manner a substantial number of functionals and/or summations can be formed in parallel and operating upon very wide input words.

General purpose optical computer

A general purpose optical computer in which bits of a control vectors are optically ANDed with bits of a data vector in a vector-vector operation, and in which the results of the optical AND operations are ORed by way of threshold detectors to form combinatorial functionals and combinatorial summations, where the combinatorial functionals and combinatorial summations generated implement a user designated instruction. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of detectors are provided, and a plurality of control words are input to the control operator means for form a control mask which operates upon the input bits provided to the light source means. Each control word interacts with the input bits and the result of such interaction is focused on a different detector. In this manner a substantial number of functionals and/or summations can be formed in parallel and operating upon very wide input words.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Frederick F Zeise