Optical link system and method for computation

An optical link system, comprising:

• a photonics substrate;
• a plurality of optical links, each optical link of the plurality comprising:
• an optical waveguide defined on the photonics substrate;
• a first optoelectronic transducer optically coupled to the optical waveguide;
• and
• a second optoelectronic transducer optically coupled to the optical waveguide;
• a set of at least one electronic switch module, each electronic switch module of the set comprising a packet-switching router;
• and
• a plurality of processing modules distinct from the set of at least one electronic switch module, the plurality of processing modules comprising a plurality of electronics substrates, each processing module of the plurality of processing modules comprising:
• a different electronics substrate of the plurality of electronics substrates bonded to the photonics substrate;
• and
• a processor integrated circuit (IC) defined on the electronics substrate, the processor IC communicatively connected to an electronic switch module of the set of at least one electronic switch module via a respective optical link of the plurality of optical links, wherein the first optoelectronic transducer of the respective optical link is connected to the processor IC and the second optoelectronic transducer of the respective optical link is connected to the electronic switch module;
• wherein the plurality of optical links and the set of at least one electronic switch module communicatively couple each processing module of the plurality of processing modules to every other processing module of the plurality of processing modules.