Optically Reconfigurable Gate Arrays vs ASICs

Minoru Watanabe; Fuminori Kobayashi

doi:10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342348

Optically Reconfigurable Gate Arrays vs ASICs

Minoru Watanabe, Fuminori Kobayashi

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Abstract

An Optically Reconfigurable Gate Array (ORGA) is a type of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) that can be reconfigured optically in a very short time and with many reconfiguration contexts by combining a holographic memory and a laser array on a gate-array VLSI. An ORGA can be considered as a type of next-generation three-dimensional (3D) VLSI chip. The developments of high-gate count ORGA-VLSIs, optical reconfiguration systems with a holographic memory, and laser arrays have been advanced recently. However, ORGA performance has never been discussed in comparison with current Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) or full custom VLSIs. In this paper, the performance difference between ORGAs and ASICs is clarified; the future vision of the ORGA is also discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	APCCAS 2006 - 2006 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems
Pages	1164-1167
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342348
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	APCCAS 2006 - 2006 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems - , Singapore Duration: Dec 4 2006 → Dec 6 2006

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Name	IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS

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Conference	APCCAS 2006 - 2006 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems
Country/Territory	Singapore
Period	12/4/06 → 12/6/06

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Watanabe, M & Kobayashi, F 2006, Optically Reconfigurable Gate Arrays vs ASICs. in APCCAS 2006 - 2006 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems., 4145605, IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS, pp. 1164-1167, APCCAS 2006 - 2006 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Singapore, 12/4/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342348

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