ELE 523E

Computational Nanoelectronics

Overview

As current CMOS based technologies are approaching their anticipated limits, emerging nanotechnologies are replacing their role in electronics circuits. This course overviews emerging electronics circuits with a comparison of conventional CMOS-based circuits. In this course, different emerging computing models are investigated. Regarding the interdisciplinary nature of emerging technologies, this course is appropriate for graduate students in different majors including electrical engineering, computer science, applied physics, and mathematics. No prior course is required; only basic (college-level) knowledge in circuit design and mathematics is assumed. Topics that are covered include:

• Overview of nanoelectronics (in comparison with CMOS) including CMOL, nanowire arrays, single electron transistors, etc..
• Introduction of emerging computing models in circuit level.
• Analysis and synthesis of deterministic and probabilistic models.
• Performance of the computing models regarding area, power, speed, and accuracy.
• Uncertainty and defects: defect tolerance techniques for permanent and transient errors.

Instructor

Mustafa Altun

• Email: altunmus@itu.edu.tr
• Tel: 02122856635