OPTICAL ASSOCIATIVE SUPERPROCESSOR

THE PRESENT PROGRAM HAS THREE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES. THE FIRST IS TO CONSTRUCT A COMPUTER CONTROLLED VERSION OF AN OPTICAL ASSOCIATIVE SUPERPROCESSOR THAT IS CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING A SYSTOLIC STREAM OF IMPUTDATA. THE NEXT MAJOR OBJECTIVE OFTHIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OFTHE BUS STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO FEED DATA INTO THE OPTICAL SUPERPROCESSOR AT RATES THAT ARE COMMENSURATE WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OPTICAL MACHINE. THE FINAL OBJECTIVE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. THE FIRST IS TO DEVELOP THE BASIC ARCHITECTURE AND DETAILED OPTICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF A NEAREST NEIGHBOR COM-PUTATIONAL MACHINE. THE SECOND IS TO EXAMINE THE ABILITY OF THE OPTICAL SYSTEM TO PROVIDE RECONFIGURABLE GLOBAL INTERCONNECTS IN THE CONTEXT OF A REGION LEVEL COMPUTATIONAL MACHINE.