Optical interconnects have the potential to increase the throughput of future computing systems. Development of optical interconnects at a larger scale for telecommunications and local area networks have demonstrated the capabilities of optical interconnects. To incorporate this technology in computing environments, further development is required in four areas - optoelectronic devices, routing and switching mechanisms, packaging, and architecture development. In this paper, we will discuss specific directions for the development and give examples of research directed toward the insertion of optical interconnects into high throughput computing systems.

Date Published: 9 June 1986
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 0625, Optical Computing, (9 June 1986); doi: 10.1117/12.963488

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 0625:
Optical Computing
John A. Neff, Editor(s)