Optical interconnect system providing communication between computer system components

An optical interconnect system comprising:

• an optical data communication path to communicatively couple first and second memory devices to a memory controller, the memory controller to communicate with the first and second memory devices at a same optical wavelength;
• a first optical tap to communicatively couple the first memory device to the optical data communication path, the first optical tap to split a first optical signal into a second optical signal having a first power and a third optical signal having a second power in accordance with a first power ratio relationship between reflectivity and transmissivity of the first optical tap at the optical wavelength;
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• a second optical tap to communicatively couple the second memory device to the optical data communication path, the second optical tap to split the third optical signal into a fourth optical signal having a third power and a fifth optical signal having a fourth power in accordance with a second power ratio relationship between reflectivity and transmissivity of the second optical tap at the optical wavelength, the first and second ratio relationships of being selected to have different values to adjust the first power to be substantially equal to the third power.