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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Warren R. Morrow, Steilacoom, WA (US);
Brandon C. Barnett, Beaverton, OR (US);
Warren R. Morrow, Steilacoom, WA (US);
Brandon C. Barnett, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical bus interconnects two or more processors in a multiprocessor system. One or more electrical-to-optical ('E-O') transmitters are optically coupled to the optical bus using optical couplers. The E-O transmitters receive electrical signals from the processors and convert the electrical signals to optical signals to be guided onto the optical bus. Optical-to-electrical ('O-E') receivers are also coupled to the optical bus using the optical couplers. The O-E receivers receive optical signals from the optical bus and convert the optical signals to electrical signals for the processors.