title: Experimental free-space optical network for massively parallel computers.
abstract: A free-space optical interconnection scheme is described for massively parallel processors based on the interconnection-cached network architecture. The optical network operates in a circuit-switching mode. Combined with a packet-switching operation among the circuit-switched optical channels, a high-bandwidth, low-latency network for massively parallel processing results. The design and assembly of a 64-channel experimental prototype is discussed, and operational results are presented.
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authors.lastname: Araki
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authors.lastname: Kajita
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authors.lastname: Kasahara
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authors.lastname: Kubota
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authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurihara
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authors.lastname: Redmond
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authors.lastname: Schenfeld
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authors.lastname: Suzaki