CMOS supporting circuitries for nano-oscillator-based associative memories

Author

Shibata, Tadashi ; Zhang, Renyuan ; Levitan, Steven P. ; Nikonov, Dmitri E. ; Bourianoff, George I.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

29-31 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

“Let physics do computing” is a promising approach to new-paradigm computing in the beyond CMOS era. Building associative memories based on the physics of nano oscillators, in particular, presents a lot of potential for intelligent information processing. In this paper, we discuss how CMOS supporting circuitries can interface the fabric of nano oscillators with digital computing world. Using CMOS ring oscillators to emulate the nano oscillator behavior, how to produce the associative memory function and to use it for image recognition is demonstrated by HSPICE simulation.

Keywords

CMOS memory circuits; SPICE; content-addressable storage; image recognition; nanoelectronics; oscillators; CMOS ring oscillators; CMOS supporting circuitries; HSPICE simulation; digital computing; image recognition; intelligent information processing; let physics do computing approach; nanooscillator fabric interface; nanooscillator-based associative memories; Associative memory; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitors; Integrated circuit modeling; Oscillators; Semiconductor device modeling; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cellular Nanoscale Networks and Their Applications (CNNA), 2012 13th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Turin

ISSN

2165-0160

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0287-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNNA.2012.6331464

Filename

6331464