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NanoFabrics: spatial computing using molecular electronics
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Proceedings of the 28th annual international symposium on Computer architecture table of contents
Göteborg, Sweden
Pages: 178 - 191  
Year of Publication: 2001
ISBN:0-7695-1162-7
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Authors
Seth Copen Goldstein  Carnegie Mellon University
Mihai Budiu  Carnegie Mellon University
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SIGARCH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture
IEEE-CS\TCCA : TC on Computer Arhitecture
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

The continuation of the remarkable exponential increases in processing power over the recent past faces imminent challenges due in part to the physics of deep-submicron CMOS devices and the costs of both chip masks and future fabrication plants. A promising solution to these problems is offered by an alternative to CMOS-based computing, chemically assembled electronic nanotechnology (CAEN).

In this paper we outline how CAEN-based computing can become a reality. We briefly describe recent work in CAEN and how CAEN will affect computer architecture. We show how the inherently reconfigurable nature of CAEN devices can be exploited to provide high-density chips with defect tolerance at significantly reduced manufacturing costs. We develop a layered abstract architecture for CAEN-based computing devices and we present preliminary results which indicate that such devices will be competitive with CMOS circuits.


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