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Computing with hysteretic resistor crossbars

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An architecture for nano-electronic computation based on crossbars of hysteretic resistors is presented. We show how such crossbars can implement inverting and non-inverting latches and sum-of-product logic functions, and give examples of a NAND gate, exclusive-OR gate, and half adder. Multiple hysteretic resistor crossbars may be combined to implement complex computational systems. The designs have been evaluated using SPICE (a general-purpose circuit simulation program), demonstrating the feasibility of implementation given a suitable nano-electronic substrate.

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Snider, G. Computing with hysteretic resistor crossbars. Appl. Phys. A 80, 1165–1172 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-3149-1

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