Systems having disaggregated components coupled by optical media

1. A system comprising:

a memory package comprising:

a physical memory; and

first optical circuitry;

a processor package, separate and distinct from the memory package, comprising:

at least one physical processor; and

second optical circuitry;

an optical medium communicatively coupling the first optical circuitry of the memory package with the second optical circuitry of the processor package;

a resource-managing package, separate and distinct from the memory package and the processor package, comprising:

a computer resource comprising one of:

a cryptographic unit;

a network interface;

an expansion-bus interface; or

a storage-device interface;

resource-managing circuitry adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the computer resource; and

third optical circuitry; and

an additional optical medium communicatively coupling the second optical circuitry of the processor package with the third optical circuitry of the resource-managing package.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first optical circuitry forms a part of a first optical chiplet electrically coupled to the physical memory;

the second optical circuitry forms a part of a second optical chiplet electrically coupled to the physical processor; and

the third optical circuitry forms a part of a third optical chiplet electrically coupled to the resource-managing circuitry.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the physical memory and the first optical circuitry form parts of a first die;

the physical processor and the second optical circuitry form parts of a second die; and

the resource-managing circuitry and the third optical circuitry form parts of a third die.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physical memory comprises high bandwidth memory.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein:

the memory package is electrically coupled to the substrate at a first location;

the processor package is electrically coupled to the substrate at a second location; and

the resource-managing package is electrically coupled to the substrate at a third location.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first rack-mountable chassis;

a second rack-mountable chassis; and

a third rack-mountable chassis, wherein:

the memory package is located in the first rack-mountable chassis;

the processor package is located in the second rack-mountable chassis; and

and the resource-managing package is located in the third rack-mountable chassis.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising an optical backplane optically coupling the first rack-mountable chassis, the second rack-mountable chassis, and the third rack-mountable chassis wherein the optical backplane comprises the optical medium and the additional optical medium.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the computer resource comprises the storage-device interface coupled to a physical storage device; and

the resource-managing circuitry is adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the physical storage device coupled to the storage-device interface.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the computer resource comprises the network interface coupled to a network; and

the resource-managing circuitry is adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the network.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the computer resource comprises the expansion-bus interface coupled to an expansion bus; and

the resource-managing circuitry is adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the expansion bus coupled to the expansion-bus interface.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer resource comprises the cryptographic unit adapted to perform one or more cryptographic operations for the physical processor.

12. A system comprising:

a processor package comprising:

at least one physical processor; and

optical circuitry;

a resource-managing package, separate and distinct from the processor package, comprising:

a computer resource comprising one of:

a cryptographic unit;

a network interface;

an expansion-bus interface; or

a storage-device interface;

resource-managing circuitry adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the computer resource; and

additional optical circuitry; and

an optical medium communicatively coupling the optical circuitry of the processor package with the additional optical circuitry of the resource-managing package.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein:

the computer resource comprises the storage-device interface coupled to a physical storage device; and

the resource-managing circuitry is adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the physical storage device coupled to the storage-device interface.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein:

the computer resource comprises the network interface coupled to a network; and

the resource-managing circuitry is adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the network.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein:

the computer resource comprises the expansion-bus interface coupled to an expansion bus; and

the resource-managing circuitry is adapted to manage the physical processor's access to the expansion bus coupled to the expansion-bus interface.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the computer resource comprises the cryptographic unit adapted to perform one or more cryptographic operations for the physical processor.

17. A system comprising:

a memory package comprising:

a physical memory; and

first optical circuitry;

a processor package, separate and distinct from the memory package, comprising:

at least one physical processor;

second optical circuitry; and

third optical circuitry;

a coprocessor package, separate and distinct from the memory package and the processor package, comprising:

at least one physical coprocessor comprising one of:

a Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) unit;

a Floating-Point Unit (FPU);

a speech-recognition coprocessor;

an encryption engine;

an artificial-intelligence engine; or

a Trusted Platform Module (TPM); and

fourth optical circuitry;

an optical medium communicatively coupling the first optical circuitry of the memory package with the second optical circuitry of the processor package; and

an additional optical medium communicatively coupling the third optical circuitry of the processor package with the fourth optical circuitry of the coprocessor package.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the physical coprocessor comprises the SIMD unit adapted to perform one or more single instruction, multiple data operations for the physical processor.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the physical coprocessor comprises the FPU adapted to perform operations on floating-point numbers.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the physical coprocessor comprises the artificial-intelligence engine adapted to perform one or more artificial-intelligence operations for the physical processor.