Programmable optical chip and terminal

A terminal, comprising a programmable optical chip, wherein the optical chip comprises:

• one or more first transmission paths for transmission of optical signals in the optical chip;
• first programmable basic devices arranged in an array of a first preset shape;
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• optical IP cores, wherein the optical IP cores and the first programmable basic devices are optically coupled through the first transmission paths, the first programmable basic devices are optically coupled through the first transmission paths, and the optical IP cores are optically coupled through the first transmission paths;
• wherein the optical IP cores comprise one or more types of optical soft cores, one or more types of optical firm cores, and one or more types of optical hard cores, wherein each type of the optical soft cores comprises second programmable basic devices and one or more second transmission paths for transmission of the optical signals in the optical soft core, and each type of the optical firm cores comprises third programmable basic devices, one or more third transmission paths for transmission of the optical signals in the optical firm core, and first optical devices for processing the optical signals, wherein a function of the optical soft core is changed by setting the second programmable basic devices, a function of the optical firm core is fixed based on the first optical devices to a programmable delay line, a programmable filter, a programmable modulator, or a programmable wavelength division multiplexer, performances of the first optical devices in the optical firm core are adjusted by the third programmable basic devices, and a function and a performance of the optical hard core are fixed;
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• wherein the first programmable basic devices are configured to control one or more paths and one or more phases of the optical signals transmitted in the first transmission paths, the second programmable basic devices are configured to control one or more paths and one or more phases of optical signals transmitted in the second transmission paths, and the third programmable basic devices are configured to control one or more paths and one or more phases of optical signals transmitted in the third transmission paths.