RU2205443C2 - Optoelectronic system board for personal computer - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: computer engineering;. SUBSTANCE: proposed board can be used for computers built around optoelectronic elementary base which enables multiple increase in its capacity, noise immunity, and failure resistance at high-power electromagnetic fields due to use of optical methods for signal input/output and transmission and due to group bus architecture. EFFECT: enhanced speed, capacity, and noise immunity. 4 cl, 1 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to computer technology and can be used to create high-performance, fault-tolerant, highly reliable, highly survivable, single-processor and multiprocessor optoelectronic and optical personal computers, complexes and systems.

 Known optoelectronic computing system [1], containing memory blocks, optical memory interfaces, a processor unit, optical processor interfaces, input / output processor units, optical input / output interfaces, control units for selector and multiplex units, optical peripheral interfaces, selector and multiplex peripheral blocks. The main disadvantages of this structure is the complexity of its application in personal computers.

 The closest device to the proposed one is an IBM type personal computer board [2], which contains a processor, system bus, main memory, system control unit, cache memory, data switch, peripheral bus, bridge matching unit, test and table unit, standard bus personal computer architecture. The main disadvantages of this motherboard are: the ability to exchange data between only one pair of subscribers through its buses, low clock frequency and noise immunity - this limits the performance, reliability and survivability of personal computers.

 The technical result is to increase the performance, noise immunity, reliability and survivability of personal computers using optoelectronic motherboards.

 This is achieved by the fact that in an optoelectronic motherboard for a personal computer containing a processor, a system bus, main memory, a system control unit, a cache memory, a data switch, a peripheral bus, a matching bridge unit, a test and table unit, a standard PC bus architecture , introduced additional processors, processor interface blocks, optical links between the processor and the system bus, the first and second cache interface blocks, the optical link between the cache and the system bus , the first to fourth interface blocks of the system control unit, the optical communication unit of the system control unit with the system bus, the optical communication unit of the system control unit with the cache, the first and second interface units of the main memory, the optical communication unit of the system control unit with the main memory, the first and second blocks of the interface of the data switch, the optical communication node of the system control unit with the data switch, the optical communication node of the main memory with the data switch, the optical communication node of the comm a data ator with a system bus, an optical connection unit of a system control unit with a peripheral bus, the first to third interface units of a bridge matching unit, an optical connection unit of a bridge matching unit with a peripheral bus, an optical connection unit of a matching bridge unit with disk memory, an optical communication unit of a bridge matching unit with the bus of the standard architecture of the personal computer, the optical communication node of the bus of the standard architecture of the personal computer with the blocks of the off-system board, the interface unit test unit and tables, the optical communication unit of the test unit and tables with the peripheral bus, and the system bus, peripheral bus, and standard PC bus architecture are optically executed, and the input-output of each processor through the corresponding processor interface unit is optically connected to the optical input of the same name - the output of the system bus, the corresponding optical input-output of which, through the corresponding sequentially located and optically connected homonymous optical communication node to w-memory with the system bus, the cache interface unit is connected to the first input-output of the cache memory, the second input-output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding optical communication unit of the system control unit with the cache and the interface unit of the system control unit connected to the first input-output of the system control unit, the second input-output of which through the corresponding sequentially located and optically connected interface unit of the system control unit and the optical unit The first communication link between the system control unit and the system bus is optically connected to the corresponding optical input / output of the system bus, the corresponding optical input / output of which is connected to the first input / output of the data switch through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding optical communication node and the interface unit of the data switch the input-output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface unit of the data switch, the optical communication system the control unit with the data switch and the interface unit of the system control unit is connected to the system control unit, the third input-output of which is connected in series through the optically connected corresponding interface unit of the system control unit, the optical communication unit of the system unit with the main memory and the interface unit of the main memory are connected to the first input-output of the main memory, the second input-output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface unit memory, the optical communication unit of the main memory with the data switch and the data switch interface unit are connected to the data switch, the fourth input-output of the system control unit through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface units of the system control unit, the optical connection unit of the system control unit with the peripheral bus optically connected to the corresponding input-output of the peripheral bus, the corresponding input-output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding corresponding optical communication unit of the bridge matching unit with the peripheral bus and the interface unit of the bridge matching unit is connected to the first input-output of the bridge matching unit, the second input-output of which through the corresponding interface unit of the bridge matching unit is optically connected to the optical communication unit of the bridge matching unit with the disk memory, the third input-output of the bridge matching unit through sequentially located and optically coupled corresponding bridge block interfacing unit the matching unit and the optical communication unit of the bridge matching unit with the standard bus architecture of the personal computer are optically connected to the corresponding optical input / output of the bus of the standard personal computer architecture, the corresponding input-output of which is optically connected to the corresponding input / output of the optical communication unit of the bus of the standard personal computer architecture with blocks of the off-system board, the input-output of the testing unit and tables through sequentially located and optically connected with The corresponding interface unit of the testing unit and tables and the optical communication unit of the testing unit and tables with the peripheral bus are optically connected to the corresponding input / output of the peripheral bus.

 And also the fact that the optical buses of the system board may contain a different number M (where M = 1, 2, 3, ...) of optical lines made in the form of a fiber or free space.

 As well as the fact that the optical buses of the motherboard consist of optical splitters or spectral multiplexers, which may contain a different number M (where M = 1, 2, 3, ...) of optical lines made in the form of optical fibers or free space.

 And also the fact that the nodes of the optical communication of the motherboard may contain a different number M (where M = 1, 2, 3, ...) of the optical lines made in the form of optical fibers or free space.

 This set of essential features and the relationships between them allows you to get a device with more than 100 times more performance, noise immunity and reliability.

 The essence of the invention is to create a new generation optoelectronic motherboard. It was created on the basis of the use of optical methods of signal transmission, the use of original optical input-output circuits of signals in various electronic, optoelectronic and optical units of the personal computer motherboard, as well as the use of group bus architecture using free space and / or optical fibers as a transmission medium ( fiber and / or integral).

 The proposed optoelectronic motherboard allows: to exchange signals between any pairs, groups or all subscribers of personal computer blocks in parallel and simultaneously; reduce the number of highways in tires up to one optical; sharply increase its own clock frequency - this leads to increased performance, noise immunity, reliability and survivability of personal computers and systems based on them.

 Thus, the proposed optoelectronic motherboard for a personal computer has properties that are not inherent in known devices. This is due to a new set of essential features and new relationships outlined above.

 Comparison of the proposed device with the known indicates that it meets the criterion of "novelty", and the absence of analogues of the distinctive features of the proposed device - the compliance with the criterion of "inventive step".

 The drawing shows a functional diagram of an optoelectronic motherboard for a personal computer.

 The optoelectronic motherboard for a personal computer contains a processor unit 1, consisting of processors 1-1, ..., 1-K, interface units of processors 2-1, ..., 2-K, optical communication nodes 3-1, .. ., 3-K of processor 1 with system bus 4, system bus 4, consisting of control bus 4-1, address bus 4-2 and data bus 4-3, optical communication node 5 of cache 7 with system bus 4, block interface 6 cache 7, memory 7, interface unit 8 cache 7, optical communication node 9 of the system control unit 11 with the system bus 4, the interface unit 10 of the system unit control unit 11, system control unit 11, interface units 12, 13, 14 of the system control unit 11, optical communication unit 15, system control unit 11 with cache memory 7, optical communication unit 16 of the system control unit 11 with main memory 18, interface unit 17 of the main memory 18, the main memory 18, the interface unit 19 of the main memory 18, the optical communication node 20 of the main memory 18 with the data switch 24, the optical communication node 21 of the data switch 24 with the system bus 4, the interface blocks 22, 23 of the data switch 24, the switch data 24, optical node link 25 of the system control unit 11 with the data switch 24, comprising a control bus 25-1 and a data bus 25-2, an optical communication unit 26 of the system control unit 11 with a peripheral bus 27, a peripheral bus 27 containing a control bus 27-1 and an address bus / data 27-2, optical communication unit 28 of the bridge matching unit 30 with the peripheral bus 27, the interface unit 29 of the bridge matching unit 30, the bridge matching unit 30, the interface units 31, 32 of the bridge matching unit 30, the optical communication unit 33 of the matching bridge unit 30 with disk memory, node optical communication 34 of the testing unit and tables 36 with the peripheral bus 27, the interface unit 35 of the testing unit and tables 36, the testing unit and tables 36, the optical communication unit 37 of the bridge matching unit 30 with the standard architecture bus 38 of the personal computer, the standard architecture bus 38 of the personal computer , optical communication nodes 39-1,. .., 39-n buses of standard architecture 38 of a personal computer with blocks 41 of a non-system board. In addition, the personal computer contains interface units 40-1,. .., 40-n blocks of the off-board board, and block 41 of the off-board board consists of blocks 41-1, ..., 41-n of the off-board board.

 The block of processors 1 may consist, for example, of a group of processors 1-1,. . ., 1-K for various functional purposes, for example, central processors, scalar processors, vector-conveyor processors, matrix processors, service processors, etc., which may have, for example, various physical designs, for example, electronic, optoelectronic or optical .

 Interface blocks 2-1, ..., 2-K, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 29, 31, 32, 35, 40 are designed to highlight a specific group of temporary and / or spectral optical signals from a plurality of groups of time and / or spectral optical signals propagating along the optical buses, and generating input-output electrical or optical signals for the respective blocks depending on their physical implementation. These blocks can be made, for example, on the basis of optical fiber (fiber and / or integral) optics or free space using diffraction gratings or spectral filters and lines of laser diodes and photodetectors, time and spectral multiplexers, optical converters.

 The optical communication nodes 3, 5, 9, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 33, 34, 37, 39 are used to transmit optical signals and can be made, for example, based on fiber-optic technology: fiber, integrated optical fibers, free space, optical connectors.

 Optical buses 4, 27 and 38 are used to transmit optical signals between different blocks of the optoelectronic system board, as well as personal computer blocks located outside the board, and can contain one single or several optical lines made in the form of one or several optical fibers (fiber and / or integral), splitters or free space.

 Cache memory 7 is the external cache level of a personal computer and is designed to serve as an additional buffer memory between the main memory and processors. It can have electronic, optoelectronic or optical execution, for example, in fast registers or in the form of super-operative static random access memory using tags.

 The system control unit 11 serves to control the operation of all blocks of the computer and can have electronic, optoelectronic or optical design, in particular, it can be made, for example, in the form of a standard controller on the corresponding chip of the board chipset.

 The main memory 18 may consist of groups of memories having different functional purposes, for example, groups of operational memories, permanent memories, mass memories, associative memories, buffer memories, etc., which can have different physical designs, for example, electronic, magnetic, optoelectronic or optical.

 The data switch 24 is used for data redirection and may be electronic, optoelectronic or optical. As a switch, electronic or optical switches, controllable filters, time or spectral multiplexers can be used.

 The bridge matching unit 30 is used for matching the signals of the peripheral bus, the bus of the standard architecture of a personal computer and disk memory and can have electronic, optoelectronic or optical design. In particular, a chip of a standard chipset of a personal computer system board can be used as a bridge matching unit.

 The unit of testing and tables 36 is intended for storing test programs or tables used at computer startup, while expanding the computer configuration, adapting new unknown equipment, storing, for example, the BIOS program. It can have electronic, optoelectronic or optical design, for example, in the form of a standard microcircuit chipset motherboard.

 The off-system board unit 41 represents computer equipment located in the system unit but not installed on the system board, for example, a power supply, a timer, etc.

 The optoelectronic motherboard operates as follows. Each of the active units 1, 7, 11, 18, 36, 40, transmitting information, sends it, for example, in the form of electronic or optical signals, which in the corresponding interface units are converted into optical signals. These optical signals are fed through the corresponding optical communication nodes, data switch 24, bridge matching unit 32 to the optical buses 4, 27, 38, with time and / or spectral multiplexing.

 All transmitted information in the form of optical signals simultaneously and independently, with a temporary and / or spectral multiplexing, is distributed through the corresponding optical buses 4, 27, 38 and through the corresponding optical communication nodes is fed to the interface blocks of all the blocks receiving this data.

 The receiving device interface blocks are configured by control signals to pass through groups of time and / or spectral optical signals from certain sources of information with which they make a communication session. Then, the selected signal groups by the interface units are converted to the native form of the signal, which is processed in the receiving unit.

 It should be noted that information can be transmitted along all the optical paths of the optoelectronic motherboard with optical signals: with temporary or spectral multiplexing; simultaneously with spectral and temporal multiplexing; parallel, parallel-serial or serial code. Moreover, all communication sessions of all blocks of a computer system can be carried out in parallel and simultaneously, or between different groups of subscribers with time division.

 Using the invention will allow optical methods to realize the connection between the blocks of a computer, increasing its performance, noise immunity, reliability and survivability by more than 100 times. Such optoelectronic computer systems can be widely used in a variety of radar, radio navigation and other electronic systems, as well as in various intelligent equipment and control systems for various purposes, including domestic both ground and airborne based.

Sources of information
1. Patent 2155367 (Russia), MKI G 06 E 1/00, 3/00, G 06 J 3/00, 5.08.1999.

 2. Hook. M. Hardware IBM PC. - St. Petersburg .: Peter, 1999, p. 146.

Claims (4)

 1. Optoelectronic motherboard for a personal computer, comprising a processor, system bus, main memory, system control unit, cache memory, data switch, peripheral bus, bridge matching unit, test and table unit, standard personal computer architecture bus, additional processors are introduced , processor interface blocks, optical communication nodes of the processor with the system bus, the first and second cache interface blocks, optical communication node of the cache with the system bus, first to fourth the interface blocks of the system control unit, the optical connection unit of the system control unit with the system bus, the optical connection unit of the system control unit with the cache, the first and second interface units of the main memory, the optical connection unit of the system control unit with the main memory, the first and second interface units data switch, optical link node of the system control unit with the data switch, optical link node of the main memory with the data switch, optical link node of the data switch with the system the bus, the optical connection node of the system control unit with the peripheral bus, the first to third interface blocks of the bridge matching unit, the optical connection node of the bridge matching unit with the peripheral bus, the optical connection node of the bridge matching unit with disk memory, the optical connection unit of the bridge matching unit with the bus standard architecture of a personal computer, optical communication node of a bus, standard architecture of a personal computer with blocks outside the system board, interface unit for a testing block tables, the optical communication node of the test block and tables with the peripheral bus, and the system bus, peripheral bus, and standard PC bus architecture are optically configured, and the input-output of each processor through the corresponding processor interface unit is optically connected to the optical bus input-output of the same name , the corresponding optical input-output of which through the corresponding sequentially located and optically connected homonymous optical communication node of the cache memory with the system bus oh, the cache interface unit is connected to the first cache input / output, the second input / output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding optical communication unit of the system control unit with the cache and the interface unit of the system control unit is connected to the first input the output of the system control unit, the second input-output of which through the corresponding sequentially located and optically connected interface unit of the system control unit and the optical communication unit of the system unit control with the system bus is optically connected to the corresponding optical input-output of the system bus, the corresponding optical input-output of which is connected through the sequentially located and optically connected corresponding optical communication node and the interface block of the data switch to the first input-output of the data switch, the second input-output of which through sequentially located and optically coupled corresponding data interface unit, the optical communication unit of the system control unit with comm by a data tester and the interface unit of the system control unit is connected to the system unit of control, the third input-output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface unit of the system unit, the optical communication unit of the system unit with the main memory and the interface unit of the main memory are connected to the first input the output of the main memory, the second input-output of which through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface unit of the main memory, the optical node communication channel of the main memory with the data switch and the interface unit of the data switch is connected to the data switch, the fourth input-output of the system control unit through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface unit of the system control unit, the optical communication unit of the system control unit with the peripheral bus is optically connected to peripheral bus input-output, the corresponding input-output of which through sequentially located and optically coupled corresponding nodes optical connection of the bridge matching unit with the peripheral bus and the interface unit of the bridge matching unit is connected to the first input-output of the bridge matching unit, the second input-output of which through the corresponding interface unit of the bridge matching unit is optically connected to the optical communication unit of the bridge matching unit with disk memory, the third input-output of the bridge matching unit through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding interface unit of the bridge matching unit and node optical connection of the bridge matching unit with the bus of the standard architecture of the personal computer is optically connected to the corresponding optical input / output of the bus of the standard architecture of the personal computer, the corresponding input-output of which is optically connected to the corresponding input / output of the optical communication node of the bus of the standard architecture of the personal computer with blocks outside the system board , the input-output of the testing unit and tables through sequentially located and optically connected corresponding node with maskers block testing and tables and node optical communication test unit to the bus and tables periphery is optically coupled to a corresponding input-output peripheral bus.  2. The motherboard according to claim 1, characterized in that its optical buses may contain a different number M (where M = 1,2,3,...) Of optical arrays made in the form of a fiber or free space.  3. The motherboard according to claim 1, characterized in that its optical buses consist of optical splitters or spectral multiplexers, which may contain a different number M (where M = 1,2,3, ... of optical lines, made in the form light guides or free space.  4. The motherboard according to claim 1, characterized in that its optical communication nodes may contain a different number M (where M = 1,2,3,...) Of optical highways made in the form of optical fibers or free space.