OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:WO2021245097A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/064706

    申请日:2021-06-01

    Abstract: An optical wireless communication (OWC) interface apparatus comprises: at least one input and/or output configured to transfer data signals from and/or to a bus device; optical interface circuitry configured to transfer optical wireless communication (OWC) signals representative of the data signals between the OWC interface apparatus and a light transmitter and/or receiver apparatus, wherein the light transmitter and/or receiver apparatus is configured to transmit and/or receive the OWC signals as free-space light signals; and interface control circuitry that is configured to establish and/or maintain communication with the bus device in accordance with a bus protocol thereby to enable transfer of the data signals between the OWC interface apparatus and the bus device.

    OPTICAL BRIDGE INTERCONNECT UNIT FOR ADJACENT PROCESSORS

    公开(公告)号:WO2022212603A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:PCT/US2022/022685

    申请日:2022-03-30

    Abstract: A system and method for efficient data transfer in a computing system are described. A computing system includes multiple nodes that receive tasks to process. A bridge interconnect transfers data between two processing nodes without the aid of a system bus on the motherboard. One of the multiple bridge interconnects of the computing system is an optical bridge interconnect that transmits optical information across the optical bridge interconnect between two nodes. The receiving node uses photonic integrated circuits to translate the optical information into electrical information for processing by electrical integrated circuits. One or more nodes switch between using an optical bridge interconnect and a non-optical bridge interconnect based on one or more factors such as measured power consumption and measured data transmission error rates.

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