Optical interconnection suitable for highly parallel computer system
First Claim
1. An optical interconnection for a system including a plurality of processor elements provided on a plurality of processor boards, comprising:
- a plurality of optical devices, one optical device being provided on each of said processor boards, each optical device on each processor board being connected with processor elements provided on each processor board and including a plurality of optical element cells for intercepting light signals from a first side of said optical device, transmitting intercepted light signals to a second side of said optical device, and emitting light signals to said second side of said optical device; and
a continuous ring shaped optical path for optically connecting all of said optical devices such that light signals coming from a second side of one optical device are intercepted at a first side of another optical device.
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Abstract
An optical interconnection capable of realizing smooth data transmissions among micro-processors provided on a plurality of processor boards. An optical interconnection includes: a series of optical devices, provided on the processor boards separately, each optical device on each processor board being connected with the processor elements provided on that processor board and including a multiplicity of optical element cells for intercepting light signals from a first side of the optical device, transmitting intercepted light signals to a second side of the optical device, and emitting light signals to the second side of the optical device; and an optical path for optically connecting the optical devices such that light signals coming from the second side of one optical device are intercepted at the first side of another optical device.
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41 Claims
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1. An optical interconnection for a system including a plurality of processor elements provided on a plurality of processor boards, comprising:
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a plurality of optical devices, one optical device being provided on each of said processor boards, each optical device on each processor board being connected with processor elements provided on each processor board and including a plurality of optical element cells for intercepting light signals from a first side of said optical device, transmitting intercepted light signals to a second side of said optical device, and emitting light signals to said second side of said optical device; and a continuous ring shaped optical path for optically connecting all of said optical devices such that light signals coming from a second side of one optical device are intercepted at a first side of another optical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A highly parallel computer system, comprising:
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a plurality of processor boards; a plurality of processor elements provided on each of said processor boards; a plurality of optical devices, one optical device being provided on each of said processor boards, each optical device on each processor board being connected with processor elements provided on each processor board and including a plurality of optical element cells for intercepting light signals from a first side of said optical device, transmitting intercepted light signals to a second side of said optical device, and emitting light signals to said second side of said optical device; and a continuous ring shaped optical path for optically connecting all of said optical devices such that light signals coming from a second side of one optical device are intercepted at a first side of another optical device.
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41. A method of transmitting data among processor elements provided on a plurality of processor boards, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of optical devices, one optical device on each of said processor boards, each optical device on each processor board being connected with processor elements provided on each processor board and including a plurality of optical element cells for intercepting light signals from a first side of said optical device, transmitting intercepted light signals to a second side of said optical device, and emitting light signals to said second side of said optical device; forming a continuous ring shaped optical path for optically connecting all of said optical devices such that light signals coming from a second side of one optical device are intercepted at a first side of another optical device; and transmitting data from a first processor element to a second processor element by emitting light signals from the optical device connected with said first processor element, and intercepting the light signals transmitted through the optical path at the optical device connected with said second processor element.
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