Scaling prospect of optically differential reconfigurable gate array VLSIs
Dynamic reconfigurable devices present new computational paradigms because programmable devices' activity and performance can be improved dramatically by increasing its reconfiguration frequency. Therefore, this paper presents designs of optically differential reconfigurable gate array (ODRGA) VLSIs using 0.18 mu m and 0.35 mu m CMOS process technologies. Although they are a type of programmable gate array, they can be reconfigured optically in nanoseconds. This paper also discusses future scaling prospects of ODRGA-VLSIs.
field programmable gate arrays programmable logic devices holographic memories optical configuration