Unconventional Logic on Memristor-Based Oscillatory Medium
Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou, Iosif-Angelos Fyrigos, Vasileios Ntinas, Stavros Kitsios, Panagiotis Bousoulas, Michail‐Antisthenis Tsompanas, D. Tsoukalas, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis
Abstract
Unconventional computing systems, inspired by nature's mechanisms, provide new ways to efficiently perform several rather complex computations. Instead of the commonly used digital computing systems, a well-known unconventional approach is the utilisation of oscillating networks to execute computations. The rich dynamics of such networks can be exploited in nanoelectronic-scale by novel devices, like memristors that incorporate inherent memory features and computing capabilities. In this work, the threshold switching mechanism of low-voltage forming-free CBRAM devices is used to develop memristor-based oscillators, which are able to function as a medium for oscillation-based computations. Given the local diffusive coupling of the proposed memristor-based oscillators, the medium is capable of performing Boolean computations through oscillation interactions.