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3D Nanoelectronic Computer Architecture and Implementation
Nanoelectronics is a rapidly expanding field with researchers exploring a very large number of innovative techniques for constructing devices intended to implement high-speed logic or high-density memory. Less common, however, is work intended to examine how to utilize such devices in the construction of a complete computer system. As devices become smaller, it becomes possible to construct ever more complex systems but to do so means that new and challenging problems must be addressed.
This book is based is largely on the results from a project called CORTEX (IST-1999-10236) which was funded under the European Commission’s Fifth Framework Programme under the Future Emerging Technologies proactive initiative Nanotechnology Information Devices and ran from January 2000 to June 2003. Titled ‘Design and Construction of Elements of a Hybrid Molecular/Electronic Retina-Cortex Structure’, the project examined how to construct a three-dimensional system for computer vision. Instead of concentrating on any particular device technology, however, the project was primarily focussed on how to connect active device layers together in order to build a three-dimensional system. Because the systemwas aimed at the nanoscale, we concentrated on techniques which were scalable, some of which utilized molecular self-assembly. But we also needed a practical experimental system to test these technologies so we also included work to fabricate test substrates which included through-chip vias. Considering the multi-disciplinary nature of the project, the end result was remarkably successful in that a three-chip stack was demonstrated using more than one molecular interconnection technology.
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