A model for computing and energy dissipation of molecular QCA devices and circuits

ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ma, Xiaojun ^a   Huang, Jing ^a   Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging technology; QCA; Reversible computing; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR POSITION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGY; REVERSIBLE COMPUTING; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 38949217015     PISSN: 15504832     EISSN: 15504840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1324177.1324180     Document Type: Article

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