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US 7,609,575 B2Granted
Method, apparatus and system for N-dimensional sparse memory using serial optical memory
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorKirk I. Hays
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method, apparatus and system for n-dimensional sparse memory using serial optical memory are presented. In this regard, a memory device is introduced to circulate a signal among a plurality of optical emitters and receivers. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
Claims6
A method of storing data in a serial optical memory, the method comprising:
- serially transmitting a signal among a plurality of optical emitters and receivers configured in a loop pattern without optical amplifiers, wherein the optical receivers propagate the signal electrically to adjacent optical emitters and wherein the optical emitters propagate the signal optically to adjacent optical receivers, wherein the signal comprises an n-dimensional array.
An electronic appliance, comprising:
- a processor to process data;
- a network controller to communicate data;
- and
- a serial optical memory to store data coupled with the network controller and the processor, wherein the serial optical memory stores data by serially transmitting a signal through a chain of optical emitters and receivers without optical amplifiers, wherein the optical receivers propagate the signal electrically to adjacent optical emitters and wherein the optical emitters propagate the signal optically to adjacent optical receivers, and wherein the signal comprises an n-dimensional array.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.