Optical energy efficient asynchronous automata and circuits

Amir Anter, Shlomi Dolev, Joseph Shamir

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Abstract

An optical architecture for energy efficient asynchronous automata is suggested. We use a logical paradigm called "Directed Logic", based on the most basic reversible and energy efficient gate, the Fredkin gate. Directed Logic circuits for basic boolean gates as NOT, OR/NOR and AND/NAND are used. These circuits are then employed for an optical energy efficient automata. A D latch is then used to define the automata operation cycle. A set-reset latch is used as part of an handshake protocol that suggests an optical energy efficient automata operating internally in an asynchronous fashion. Lastly, we propose a circuit for asynchronous cascading between two automata.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationOptical Supercomputing - 4th International Workshop, OSC 2012, in Memory of H. John Caulfield, Revised Selected Papers
Pages92-104
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Sep 2013
Event4th International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, OSC 2012 - Bertinoro, Italy
Duration: 19 Jul 201221 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7715 LNCS

Conference

Conference4th International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, OSC 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBertinoro
Period19/07/1221/07/12

Keywords

  • Asynchronous Circuits
  • Automata
  • Optical Logic
  • Reversible Computing
  • Zero Energy Computing

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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