• 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