LTCHDTM using P-SOT

P-SOT transistors present the solution to the future of computing as we leave the silicon paradigm and its limitations.

Low Transistor Count High-Density Turing Machine (LTCHDTM) using Photonic-Saturation Optical Transistors (P-SOT), will be lighter, smaller, faster, and more energy efficient than current computers.

Size

  • P-SOT transistors logically can be made much smaller in the nanometer range in order to allow for photonic saturation to occur using lower intensity light beams.
  • Since P-SOT transistors operate on multiple wavelengths and behave as multiple transistors simultaneously, modern electronic circuits can either be downsized by a factor of four, or remain the same size but be four times as powerful given that each P-SOT operates with four different channels.

Speed

  • Using light as the transmission and computational medium gives P-SOT distinct advantages over silicon transistors.
  • Light travels faster than electricity. 
  • This lowers the propagation delay of our circuits allowing us to run our processors at much faster clock speeds.

Energy

  • CO2 nanolasers powering P-SOT transistors would be very energy efficient. 
  • Light signals can last over long distances without losing signal integrity. As a result, less power is required to power the signal. 
  • Not only will we benefit from more efficient computers, we are also helping the environment at the same time.

P-SOT Breaks Modern Computational Paradigms

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  • A new computational paradigm opens up a vast range of applications and advantages.
  • One proposed feature is LTCHDTM, or the creation of Low-Transistor-Count-High-Density-Turing-Machines that take advantage of light parallelism to create full working digital processors using a minimal number of optical transistors.
  • With this, large amounts of compact processor cores can be fit onto a single chip greatly enhancing the multitasking capabilities of our microprocessors.
  • Companies requiring large amounts of computing power can obtain such at a lower cost and lower size.
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