Lightmatter, Inc.

Robert Turner

Darius Bunandar

Nicholas Christopher Harris

Michael Gould

Shashank Gupta

Mykhailo Tymchenko

Anthony Kopa

Carlos Dorta-Quinones

Ajay Joshi

Bradford Turcott

Reza Baghdadi

Described herein are embodiments of a photonic computing system comprising one or more processors in communication with disaggregated memory through one or more optical channels. The disaggregated memory comprises multiple memory units placed on a photonic substrate that includes a photonic network that can be programmed to configure which of the memory units can be accessed by each of the processor(s). The disaggregated memory includes a memory controller for reading and writing data to/from the memory units. The memory controller may be configured to perform processing in concert with the processor(s).

Optical computing with disaggregated memory

Photonic interposers that enable low-power, high-bandwidth inter-chip (e.g., board-level and/or rack-level) as well as intra-chip communication are described. Described herein are techniques, architectures and processes that improve upon the performance of conventional computers. Some embodiments provide photonic interposers that use photonic tiles, where each tile includes programmable photonic circuits that can be programmed based on the needs of a particular computer architecture. Some tiles are instantiations of a common template tile that are stitched together in a 1D or a 2D arrangement. Some embodiments described herein provide a programmable physical network designed to connect pairs of tiles together with photonic links.

Photonic communication platform and related architectures, systems and methods

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Robert Turner