DocumentCode
243848
Title
Computational Architectures Based on Coupled Oscillators
Author
Cotter, Matthew J. ; Yan Fang ; Levitan, Steven P. ; Chiarulli, Donald M. ; Narayanan, Vijaykrishnan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
9-11 July 2014
Firstpage
130
Lastpage
135
Abstract
Recent advances in device technology have opened the door to exploration of new computing paradigms. These paradigms are geared to exploit the behavior of emerging devices such as coupled oscillator arrays. Coupled oscillators are one such device technology that offloads some of the computational complexity to the devices exploiting the physics of the device to perform computation, rather than relying purely on Boolean logic. In this work, we explore the variety of available coupled oscillator architectures. Additionally, we evaluate some basic computation using these architectures in the image processing domain, with an eye towards more complex algorithms and applications.
Keywords
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; circuit complexity; coupled circuits; nanoelectromechanical devices; voltage-controlled oscillators; Boolean logic; NEMS-based RBT switching devices; computational architectures; computational complexity; coupled oscillators; image processing domain; magnetic spin-torque oscillators; metal-insulator materials; multidevice CMOS VCO ring oscillators; resonant body transistors; voltage controlled oscillators; CMOS integrated circuits; Computer architecture; Couplings; Frequency measurement; Image edge detection; Oscillators; Voltage control; Coupled oscillators; frequency locking; phase locking;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
VLSI (ISVLSI), 2014 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3763-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISVLSI.2014.87
Filename
6903348
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