Theoretical Basis and Implementation Mechanism of the Programming Platform for Ternary Optical Computer

Abstract

This paper presents a method for building a programming platform for ternary optical computer(TOC). Firstly, the reasons why the existing programming platform can not be directly applied to the ternary optical computer are analyzed. Then, the theoretical basis and core technologies for building the programming platform of the ternary optical computer are given, including: building a model-simple structured data type computer to express the application characteristics of the ternary optical computer, building an operation-data file containing data and computational requirements, expanding the operationdata file transfer instructions. According to our proposed theory, the implementation mechanism of the TOC programming platform is constructed. Finally, the effectiveness of the programming platform is verified by experiments. The programming platform simplifies the application of the TOC and bridges the gap between the user and the TOC.INDEX TERMS Ternary optical computer, programming platform, operation-data file, ternary optical processor.

Key technologies for task processing in ternary optical computer

“…The experimental case consists of four simple data type calculations in the program, namely computing f 1 = a + b, f 2 = c − d, f 3 = e ∧ g, and f 4 = h ∨ i. The bit lengths of the independent variables a, b, c, d, e, g, h, i are 16,16,12,12,19,19,25,25, and f 1 has 10,000 pairs of data, f 2 has 4,990 pairs of data, f 3 and f 4 each have 5,000 pairs of data. It should be noted that the data processed by the ternary optical processor is converted from SZG file to MSD numbers by the task management system [15].…”

“…Generally speaking, only several pixels on a planar image can constitute one bit of optical information, but optical array devices often have many pixels, which creates the characteristic of numerous data bits in optical computer [18]. For example, the experimental system of a ternary optical processor constructed with a liquid crystal dot matrix screen can have 16,384 data bits, far exceeding the data bits of electronic computers [19][20][21]. The SD11, a research experimental system for the application of a ternary optical computer using this type of processor, is the first computer system with numerous data bits that can be used for application research.…”