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Reconfigurable Nonvolatile Logic Operations in Resistance Switching Crossbar Array for Large-Scale Circuits.
Peng Huang1, Jinfeng Kang1, Yudi Zhao1
1Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, P. R.China.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|October 8, 2016
Summary
New resistance switching (RS) devices enable integrated computing and memory functions. These nonvolatile logic operations in RS arrays can be reconfigured by altering trigger signals for advanced computing.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Computer Engineering
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- Resistance switching (RS) devices offer potential for combined computing and memory functionalities.
- Current computing architectures face limitations in processing and memory separation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a novel computer unit architecture based on RS arrays.
- To demonstrate the capability of performing nonvolatile logic operations within RS arrays.
- To show the reconfigurable nature of logic functions in these devices.
Main Methods:
- Construction of a computer unit utilizing an RS array.
- Implementation of nonvolatile logic operations on resistance states within the array.
- Manipulation of trigger signals to reconfigure logic functions.
Main Results:
- Successful integration of processing and storing information on the same RS devices.
- Demonstration of various nonvolatile logic operations on arbitrary positions within the RS array.
- Evidence of logic function reconfigurability through trigger signal alteration.
Conclusions:
- RS devices present a viable pathway for developing integrated computing and memory systems.
- The proposed RS array architecture allows for flexible and nonvolatile logic operations.
- This technology holds promise for next-generation computing architectures.
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