PHOTONIC CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE MEMORY SYSTEM THAT USES A PARALLEL-READOUT OPTICAL DISK

摘要

We describe a high-performance associative-memory system that can be implemented by means of an optical disk modified for parallel readout and a custom-designed silicon integrated circuit with parallel optical input. The system can achieve associative recall on 128 x 128 bit images and also on variable-size subimages. The system's behavior and performance are evaluated on the basis of experimental results on a motionless-head parallel-readout optical-disk system, logic simulations of the very-large-scale integrated chip, and a software emulation of the overall system. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America [References: 40]