This paper describes a technique for time multi­ plexing multiple processors on a single hardware plat­ rorm. This technique should be useful whenever an archi­ tecture employs devices that have high bandwidth and simultaneously high temporal latency. These architec­ tures were explored during the development of a bit serial optical computer using optical fibers for interconnection and directional couplers as logic devices. We describe an optical counter developed in our laboratory as a proof­ ?f-principle experiment that permits two simultaneous, mdependent counts to be accumulated on the same hardware. Future machines may be envisioned imple­ menting hundreds to thousands of processors running on one optical computer.
['Harry F. Jordan', 'Vincent P. Heuring']
Time multiplexed optical computers