Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing system, comprising a plurality of calculation nodes with an optical transmitter, which individually outputs a plurality of optical signals each having a different wavelength, and an optical receiver, which individually receives a plurality of optical signals each having a different wavelength, an optical transmission path connecting a plurality of the calculation nodes to each other, and optical pathway switching unit, lying in the optical transmission path, for transmitting the optical signal to the specific calculation node in accordance with a wavelength of the optical signal output from one of the calculation nodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing system which comprises multiple processor nodes creating parallel computers, an information transmission line for connecting the processor nodes, and a separation switch provided on the information transmission line for separating the information transmission line so that the processor nodes create multiple parallel computers independent of one another.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing system, comprising a plurality of calculation nodes with an optical transmitter, which individually outputs a plurality of optical signals each having a different wavelength, and an optical receiver, which individually receives a plurality of optical signals each having a different wavelength, an optical transmission path connecting a plurality of the calculation nodes to each other, and optical pathway switching unit, lying in the optical transmission path, for transmitting the optical signal to the specific calculation node in accordance with a wavelength of the optical signal output from one of the calculation nodes.

Abstract: A chromatic dispersion compensation method is disclosed that compensates for chromatic dispersion in an optical transmission line. Dispersion compensators provided one for each of first dispersion compensation segments, each of which constitutes a predetermined length of the optical transmission line, are set such that a residual dispersion slope in each of the first dispersion compensation segments becomes positive. Then, dispersion slope compensators provided one for each of second dispersion compensation segments, each of which includes a predetermined number of the first dispersion compensation segments, are set to have a negative dispersion slope such that residual dispersion slopes in each of the second dispersion compensation segments becomes zero.