Semiconductors; silicon-photonic devices including application-specific, integrated circuits (ASICs) and photonic integrated circuits (PICs); memory and compute architectures; computer hardware and software, including electronic and optical components, for use in performing computer functions with less latency or less power than computer software or hardware running on a general purpose computer; downloadable information or data for use in design, quality control, verification, fabrication, and operation of silicon-photonic devices; downloadable electronic data files featuring semiconductor designs, ASIC designs, PIC designs, silicon-photonic-device designs, network communication architecture designs, electronic and optical communication link designs, memory architecture designs, and interface designs between compute resources and memory; electronic publications, downloadable, in the nature of instruction manuals, user manuals, technical manuals, development manuals, datasheets, diagrams, brochures, articles and white papers in the fields of semiconductors, ASICs, PICs, silicon-photonic devices, network communication architectures, electronic and optical communication links, memory architectures, and interfaces between compute resources and memory resources