Non-Boolean associative architectures based on nano-oscillators

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.