Photonic computing

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This article is presented by:
Jeremiah K. Jones
English 316
Process Explanation

Photonic Computing

INTRODUCTION

Currently, computers process information in binary units by identifying an electric charge, or the absence thereof, as being a “one” or a “zero.” This allows the computer to calculate at a rate of 2x bpt (bits per unit time), with ‘x’ being the current limit across the system bus. However, the use of Photonic computing could easily increase the rate of computing power to 16x bpt. For example, the current limit for most desktop computers is 32 bpt, so the total output is 2 bpt, or 4,294,967,296 bpt. While that may seems rather fast, the same computer utilizing Photonic Computing Technology would output information at a rate of 16 or 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,770,000,000 bpt. This is 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,336 times more powerful than most desktop computers.
To accomplish this, an IO device in a Photonic system must first be given a specific light wave frequency range in order to communicate with the CPU (similar to how the Interrupt Request settings work in most PCs). This frequency will allow the computer to know which IO device the incoming information is from. This frequency is further divided into 16 subsequent ranges, each representing a different hexadecimal digit. This allows the device to communicate directly in hexadecimal digits, without needing to translate to binary.

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