PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL CHIP AND TERMINAL

A programmable optical chip and a terminal. The optical chip comprises: one or more first transmission paths for transmitting an optical signal in the programmable optical chip; first programmable basic devices, which are arranged in an array; and optical IP cores, wherein the optical IP cores and the first programmable basic devices, and the optical IP cores are optically coupled via the first transmission paths; and the optical IP cores comprise optical soft cores and/or optical firm cores, each optical soft core comprising second programmable basic devices and one or more second transmission paths for transmitting the optical signal in the optical soft core, and each optical firm core comprising third programmable basic devices, one or more third transmission paths for transmitting the optical signal in the optical firm core, and a first optical device for processing the optical signal. In the solution of the present invention, the optical chip can realize a plurality of different functions by means of per