Contains papers from the October 1996 conference focusing on the potentials and impacts that optical interconnections can have on massively parallel processing. Offers sections on comparative studies for optical interconnects, interconnection networks and system architectures, WDM in MPP systems, tradeoffs in intra-system optical interconnects, scalable interconnection networks, architecture issues, guided-wave components for optical interconnects, and multiprocessor networks and systems. Includes discussion of the roles of university and industry in developing systems. For researchers in computer science, engineering, and optics. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.