Acoustooptical matrix-vector product processor: implementation issues

An acoustooptic technique was used to design and construct a prototype of a processor capable of multiplying a 128 x 128 complex-element matrix by a 128 complex-element vector. The device was specified to execute 10(5) matrix-vector products per second with 8-bit resolution. The performance of each component of the prototype was evaluated, as was the impact of component performance on system performance.