Computing at the nanoscale

Author

Williams, R.Stanley

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Lab., Palo Alto

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

79

Abstract

Our research group has recently demonstrated the ability to fabricate electronic devices with sub-viral length scales (e.g. -15 nm) and to build nanoscale devices with the capability to perform signal restoration and inversion (required for universal computing) without the need for transistors or any semiconductor at all. This has led us to discover an entirely new logic family based on the Boolean "implication" operation that is specifically suited to the properties of nanoscale switches and crossbars. We have built and demonstrated memory and logic circuits based on these new ideas that exceed the density of today\´s semiconductor circuits by one to two orders of magnitude.

Keywords

lithography; logic circuits; memory architecture; nanoelectronics; Boolean implication operation; electronic devices; logic circuits; logic family; memory circuits; nanoscale computing; nanoscale crossbars; nanoscale devices; nanoscale switches; signal inversion; signal restoration; universal computing; Atomic force microscopy; Electrons; Fabrication; Laboratories; Logic circuits; Milling machines; Nanoscale devices; Switches; Switching circuits; Vacuum technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, 2006. NMDC 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Gyeongju

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0541-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0541-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NMDC.2006.4388840

Filename

4388840