• DocumentCode
    1816432
  • Title

    Non-Boolean associative architectures based on nano-oscillators

  • Author

    Levitan, Steven P. ; Fang, Yan ; Dash, Denver H. ; Shibata, Tadashi ; Nikonov, Dmitri E. ; Bourianoff, George I.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    29-31 Aug. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Many of the proposed and emerging nano-scale technologies simply cannot compete with CMOS in terms of energy efficiency for performing Boolean operations. However, the potential for these technologies to perform useful non-Boolean computations remains an opportunity to be explored. In this talk we examine the use of the resonance of coupled nano-scale oscillators as a primitive computational operator for associative processing and develop the architectural structures that could enable such devices to be integrated into mainstream applications.
  • Keywords
    Boolean functions; CMOS memory circuits; circuit resonance; content-addressable storage; coupled circuits; image recognition; memory architecture; nanoelectronics; oscillators; CMOS; computational operator; coupled nanoscale oscillator resonance; energy efficiency; image recognition; nonBoolean associative architectures; CMOS integrated circuits; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Data models; Oscillators; Pattern matching; Training;
  • 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.2012.6331473
  • Filename
    6331473