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Fast Optical Reconfiguration of a Nine-Context DORGA
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Fast Optical Reconfiguration of a Nine-Context DORGA
Mao Nakajima20 and Minoru Watanabe20 
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan |
Abstract
Demand for fast dynamic reconfiguration has increased since dynamic reconfiguration can accelerate the performance of implementation
circuits. Such dynamic reconfiguration requires two important features: fast reconfiguration and numerous contexts. However,
fast reconfigurations and numerous contexts share a trade-off relation on current VLSIs. Therefore, optically reconfigurable
gate arrays (ORGAs) have been developed to resolve this dilemma. ORGAs can realize a large virtual gate count that is much
larger than those of current VLSI chips by exploiting the large storage capacity of a holographic memory. Also, ORGAs can
realize fast reconfiguration through use of large bandwidth optical connections between a holographic memory and a programmable
gate array VLSI. Among such developments, we have been developing dynamic optically reconfigurable gate arrays (DORGAs) that
realize a high gate density VLSI using a photodiode memory architecture. This paper presents the first demonstration of a
nine-context DORGA architecture. Furthermore, this paper presents experimental results: 1.2-8.97μs reconfiguration times and 66-221μs retention times.
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