Magnetic quantum-dot cellular automata: Recent developments and prospects

Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-68

  Orlov, Alexei ^a   Imre, Alexandra ^a,b   Csaba, György ^c   Ji, Lili ^a   Porod, W ^a   Bernstein, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiabatic clocking; Field coupled computing; Magnetic nanocomputing; Micromagnetism; Patterned magnetic media; Quantum dot Cellular Automata

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAJORITY LOGIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEQUENTIAL MACHINES; THRESHOLD LOGIC; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

ADIABATIC CLOCKING; FIELD-COUPLED COMPUTING; MAGNETIC NANOCOMPUTING; MICROMAGNETISM; PATTERNED MAGNETIC MEDIA; QUANTUM-DOT CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

AUTOMATA THEORY;

EID: 58049217221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jno.2008.004     Document Type: Review

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