eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene N. Miya) (06/08/88)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT
SPEAKER: ALAN HUANG
AT&T BELL LABORATORIES
HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY 07733
TOPIC: OPTICAL DIGITAL COMPUTERS
ABSTRACT:
The parallelism and non-interfering propogation of optics offer new
approaches for dealing with problems which constrain the performance of
present day computers such as interconnection bandwidth, propagation delay,
and connectivity. Historically, the development of digital optics has been
frustrated by the lack of suitable logic, memory, and interconnection
mechanisms. Recent technological advances and architectural insights now
make it possible to overcome these problems. Technologically, optical
bistability offers the possibility if logic elements with speed and power
dissapation comparable with electronic gates. Architecturally, the memory
and interconnection problems can be simplified by using a parallel pipelined
architecture.
DATE: Mon. 13 June TIME: 10 AM BLDG: 258 ROOM: 127
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