ALL OPTICAL FAST DISTRIBUTED ARBITRATION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM DEVICE

摘要

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for all optical distributed arbitration for computer system components communicatively coupled via a photonic interconnect in a computer system device. The embodiments of the optical arbitration in the computer system provides arbitration schemes with fixed priority and non-fixed priority (1830). The non-fixed priority scheme embodiments can provide fairness in arbitration. In some embodiments, delivery of light power and arbitration are combined (1830).