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This paper implements Optical Vector-Matrix Multiplication (OVMM) completely in parallel on a novel optical computing architecture, Ternary Optical Computer (TOC), by use of the Modified Signed-Digit (MSD) number system. For high efficiency, partial products (PPs) are generated in parallel and the vector inner products (VIPs) are produced by a binary-tree algorithm, and then the OVMM is implemented. The experimental result validates the feasibility and correctness of VMM on TOC. In this system, it is not necessary to gauge light intensities, but judge whether there is light during decoding.
Supported by the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project under Grant (No.J50103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (No.60473008), the Innovation Project of Shanghai University (No. A.10-0108-08-901) and the Research Project of Excellent Young Talents in the Universities in Shanghai (No. B.37-0108-08-002).
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Wang, X., Peng, J., Jin, Y., Li, M., Shen, Z., Ouyang, S. (2010). Vector-Matrix Multiplication Based on a Ternary Optical Computer. In: Zhang, W., Chen, Z., Douglas, C.C., Tong, W. (eds) High Performance Computing and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5938. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11842-5_59
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