Robert H Blick et al 2007 New J. Phys. 9 241 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/241
A nanomechanical computer—exploring new avenues of computing
Robert H Blick1, Hua Qin, Hyun-Seok Kim and Robert Marsland
Show affiliationsWe propose a fully mechanical computer based on nano-electromechanical elements. Our aim is to combine this classical approach with modern nanotechnology to build a nanomechanical computer (NMC) based on nanomechanical transistors. The main motivation behind constructing such a computer is threefold: (i) mechanical elements are more robust to electromagnetic shocks than current dynamic random access memory (DRAM) based purely on complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, (ii) the power dissipated can be orders of magnitude below CMOS and (iii) the operating temperature of such an NMC can be an order of magnitude above that of conventional CMOS.
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85.30.De Semiconductor-device characterization, design, and modeling
85.85.+j Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices
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Issue 7 (July 2007)
Received 19 May 2007
Published 24 July 2007
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A nanomechanical computer—exploring new avenues of computing
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