互联频带宽度、时钟歪斜和连接等传递问题限制了计算机的能力,带宽和时钟歪斜限制了速度,使设计复杂化。因连接受约束,从而使处理器速度中很大一部分用于补充有限数目的联线。从理论上讲,光的频带宽度大、固有的平行性和无干涉传播提供了解决这些传递问题的机理。在开拓这种可能性时,其困难是缺少合适的光学逻辑和记忆元件。从技术上讲,现在光的双稳特性和在电子光学方面的其它进展已 Interconnection bandwidth, clock skew and connectivity issues such as the transmission limit the ability of the computer, bandwidth and clock skew limit the speed of the complexity of the design. Due to the connection constraints, a large portion of the processor speed is used to supplement a limited number of on-line connections. In theory, the large bandwidth of light, inherent parallelism, and interference-free propagation provide a mechanism to solve these delivery problems. The difficulty in developing this possibility is the lack of suitable optical logic and memory elements. Technically, the bistable nature of light and other advances in electro-optics are now