Nanodevice-based novel computing paradigms and the neuromorphic approach

Deep submicron (<;90nm) Integrated Circuits (IC) suffer from both high static and dynamic power consumption, which are caused respectively by the growing leakage currents and large capacitance bus traffic. Nanodevice based novel computing paradigms are currently under intense investigation to overcome these issues and build up the next generation ICs performing with higher power efficiency and operating performance. In this paper, an overview and current status of this field is first presented, and then we focus on the memristive nanodevices based neuromorphic approach, which is considered as one of the most promising computing paradigms for power reduction and process variation or defect tolerance.