Patent ID: 11916602
Assignee: AYAR LABS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for operating a remote memory system, comprising:
having a remote memory system, the remote memory system including a substrate of a multi-chip package, the remote memory system including an integrated circuit chip connected to the substrate, the integrated circuit chip including a high-bandwidth memory interface, the remote memory system including an electro-optical chip connected to the substrate, the electro-optical chip having an electrical interface electrically connected to the high-bandwidth memory interface of the integrated circuit chip, the electro-optical chip including a photonic interface configured to optically connect with an optical link, the electro-optical chip including at least one optical macro, each of the at least one optical macro configured to convert outgoing electrical data signals received through the electrical interface from the high-bandwidth interface into outgoing optical data signals, each of the at least one optical macro configured to transmit the outgoing optical data signals through the photonic interface to the optical link, each of the at least one optical macro configured to convert incoming optical data signals received through the photonic interface from the optical link into incoming electrical data signals, each of the at least one optical macro configured to transmit the incoming electrical data signals through the electrical interface to the high-bandwidth memory interface, the remote memory system including a remote memory device, the remote memory device including an electro-optical fanout chip having a photonic interface optically connected to the optical link, the remote memory device including a high-bandwidth memory stack electrically connected to an electrical interface of the electro-optical fanout chip;
operating the integrated circuit chip to generate a first set of electrical data signals that convey instructions for a memory access operation;
operating the electro-optical chip to generate a first set of optical data signals based on the first set of electrical data signals, the first set of optical data signals conveying the instructions for the memory access operation;
operating the electro-optical chip to transmit the first set of optical data signals over the optical link to the remote memory device;
operating the remote memory device to generate a second set of electrical data signals from the first set of optical data signals, the second set of electrical data signals conveying the instructions for the memory access operation; and
using the second set of electrical data signals to perform the memory access operation at the remote memory device.