A linear processor array used for intensive communication

Abstract

A linear processor array interconnected by optical fiber buses is presented in the paper. It is especially suitable for application such as intensive signal processing and intensive communication. The signals can be transmitted concurrently by any different processor, in a pipeline fashion on the optical fiber buses without collision of message data. The linear processor array incorporates high-speed fiber communication with high-performance computing of processors. A new technique of optical pulse coincident addressing and a parallel algorithm for the solution of nonlinear equations are simultaneously proposed in the paper.