Magnetic Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (MQCA) have been recently proposed as an attractive implementation of QCA as a possible CMOS technology substitute. Marking a difference with respect to previous contributions, in this work we show that it is possible to develop and describe complex MQCA computational blocks strongly linking technology and having in mind a feasible realization. Thus, we propose a practicable clock structure for MQCA baptised "snake-clock", we stick to this while developing a system level Hardware Description Language (HDL) based description of an architectural block, and we suggest a delay insensitive Null Convention Logic (NCL) implementation for the magnetic case so that the "layout=timing" problem can be solved. Furthermore we include in our model aspects critically related to technology and real production, that is timing, power and layout, and we present the preliminary steps of our experiments, the results of which will be included in the architecture description.

A Technology Aware Magnetic QCA NCL-HDL Architecture / Graziano, Mariagrazia; Chiolerio, Alessandro; Zamboni, Maurizio. - 1:(2009), pp. 951-954. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Nanotechnology Conference tenutosi a Genova, Italy nel 26-30 August, 2009).

A Technology Aware Magnetic QCA NCL-HDL Architecture

GRAZIANO, MARIAGRAZIA;CHIOLERIO, ALESSANDRO;ZAMBONI, Maurizio
2009

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Magnetic Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (MQCA) have been recently proposed as an attractive implementation of QCA as a possible CMOS technology substitute. Marking a difference with respect to previous contributions, in this work we show that it is possible to develop and describe complex MQCA computational blocks strongly linking technology and having in mind a feasible realization. Thus, we propose a practicable clock structure for MQCA baptised "snake-clock", we stick to this while developing a system level Hardware Description Language (HDL) based description of an architectural block, and we suggest a delay insensitive Null Convention Logic (NCL) implementation for the magnetic case so that the "layout=timing" problem can be solved. Furthermore we include in our model aspects critically related to technology and real production, that is timing, power and layout, and we present the preliminary steps of our experiments, the results of which will be included in the architecture description.
2009
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