3D Nanoelectronic Computer Architecture and Implementation
David Crawley, Konstantin Nikoli´c and Michael Forshaw "3D Nanoelectronic Computer Architecture and Implementation "
IOP Publishing Ltd | ISBN: 0750310030 | 2004 | 950 pages | PDF | 16.5 MB
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.
For this book, we have extended the scope somewhat beyond that
encompassed by the CORTEX project, with chapters written by invited experts
on molecular electronics, carbon nanotubes, material and fabrication aspects of
nanoelectronics, the status of current nanoelectronic devices and fault tolerance.
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the book, especially for their
timely submission of material.