Mechanical compution, redux?

Technical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 539-542

  Roukes, M L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FORMAL LOGIC; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTATION THEORY; NEMS;

COMPUTING MACHINERY; MECHANICAL LOGIC; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL (NEMS) DEVICES; NANOSCIENCE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

'CURRENT; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL DEVICE; MICROWAVES FREQUENCY; NANO SCALE; NANOSECOND TIME SCALE; POWER; SIGNAL-PROCESSING; STATE OF THE ART; SUBNANOSECOND;

EID: 21644480743     PISSN: 01631918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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