Optical digital-analog computer

The necessity of developing new approaches to the creation of high-performance computing equipment is shown. The existing methods of increasing the multiplication rate by optimizing the operation of summation and transfer to the highest digit are described. The theoretical foundations of building a high-speed calculator of the second power of a number represented in binary code are presented. A method of raising a number to the second power without using the operation of summation with carry is proposed. A functional scheme of an optical calculator has been developed that ensures the exponentiation of a binary code. The implementation of the optical computer circuit is based on technologically proven optical elements such as optical splitters, optical connectors, transparencies, etc.Formulas for calculating the transmission coefficients of the transparencies are derived. A method for constructing a matrix of computational elements is proposed. The number of elements for calculating partial products has been reduced compared to direct ones.