Ronnie's group is doing the optics, based on innovative physical effects in certain crystals. We are responsible for the software layers and the development of communication protocols. The goal is to create a real working parallel computer using this technology. This is a joint project with Danny Dolev's group and several other groups from the Technion and Haifa University. The Makbilan was our previous research machine, and was put into service in 1989.
All memory is globally accessible.
In addition, there is a Unix host also connected to the bus supporting Unix operations for the parallel application. People Dr. Dror Feitelson Prof.