Abstract:
Memristors are passive components with a varying resistance that depends on the previous voltage applied across the device. While memristors are naturally used as memory,...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Memristors are passive components with a varying resistance that depends on the previous voltage applied across the device. While memristors are naturally used as memory, memristors can also be used for other applications, including logic circuits. In this brief, a memristor-only logic family, i.e., memristor-aided logic (MAGIC), is presented. In each MAGIC logic gate, memristors serve as an input with previously stored data, and an additional memristor serves as an output. The topology of a MAGIC nor gate is similar to the structure of a common memristor-based crossbar memory array. A MAGIC nor gate can therefore be placed within memory, providing opportunities for novel non-von Neumann computer architectures. Other MAGIC gates also exist (e.g., and, or, not, and nand) and are described in this brief.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs ( Volume: 61, Issue: 11, November 2014)
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
MIT Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Qualcomm, Inc., Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
MIT Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Qualcomm, Inc., Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel