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Juan Manuel Parrilla-Gutierrez¹, Abhishek Sharma¹, Soichiro Tsuda¹

¹School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.

Nature Communications

|March 20, 2020

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This study introduces a programmable chemical processor using the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. This innovative approach overcomes the von Neumann bottleneck, enabling chemical computing with high data storage and pattern recognition capabilities.

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Area of Science:

Chemical Engineering
Computational Chemistry
Biochemistry

Background:

The von Neumann bottleneck limits current computer performance due to restricted data transfer between processing and memory units.
Chemical reactions offer a potential alternative computing paradigm where processing and memory coexist, but programmability has been a major challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a programmable chemical processor that overcomes the limitations of traditional computing architectures.
To demonstrate the feasibility of using chemical reactions for data storage and pattern recognition.

Main Methods:

A 5x5 array of cells utilizing the switchable oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction was developed.
Individual cells were programmed to an 'on' or 'off' state, with distinct oscillation amplitudes detected via image processing.
Interconnected BZ reactions were programmed to perform specific computational tasks.

Main Results:

The system achieved over 2.9 x 10^17 possible chemical states, enabling high-density data representation.
Chemically encoded and addressable memory was successfully demonstrated.
A chemical Autoencoder was created, capable of pattern recognition at a rate equivalent to one million operations per second.

Conclusions:

Programmable chemical processors based on the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction offer a viable path beyond the von Neumann bottleneck.
This technology enables novel approaches to data storage and complex computational tasks like pattern recognition using chemical systems.