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Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Computer Science
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Metaheuristic algorithms like simulated annealing (SA) are crucial for solving complex combinatorial optimization problems.
  • Ising spin glass systems present significant computational challenges due to their numerous metastable states and ground-state degeneracy.
  • Escaping local optima in optimization often requires stochastic search methods with temperature-dependent probabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop energy- and area-efficient hardware acceleration for simulated annealing (SA) applied to Ising spin systems.
  • To leverage subthreshold Boltzmann transport in novel 2D field-effect transistors for in-memory computing.
  • To create primitives for hardware acceleration of SA in Ising spin system optimization.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of complementary 2D field-effect transistors (p-type WSe2 and n-type MoS2) with a programmable floating-gate memory stack.
  • Exploitation of subthreshold Boltzmann transport for in-memory computing operations.
  • Hardware-realistic numerical simulations to evaluate the performance of the developed system.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated search acceleration of over 800x for 4x4 ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and spin glass systems using SA compared to exhaustive search.
  • Achieved minimal total energy expenditure of approximately 120 nJ for the optimization process.
  • Numerical simulations confirmed significant acceleration benefits of SA for larger spin lattices.

Conclusions:

  • The developed in-memory computing primitives enable highly efficient hardware acceleration of SA for Ising spin systems.
  • This approach offers substantial energy and area savings for complex optimization tasks.
  • The findings highlight the potential of integrated 2D transistors for accelerating scientific discovery in physics and materials science.