The physics of optical computing

PL McMahon - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
There has been a resurgence of interest in optical computing since the early 2010s, both in
academia and in industry, with much of the excitement centred around special-purpose …

Electrochemical‐Memristor‐Based Artificial Neurons and Synapses—Fundamentals, Applications, and Challenges

S Chen, T Zhang, S Tappertzhofen, Y Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial neurons and synapses are considered essential for the progress of the future brain‐
inspired computing, based on beyond von Neumann architectures. Here, a discussion on …

Neural inference at the frontier of energy, space, and time

DS Modha, F Akopyan, A Andreopoulos… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Computing, since its inception, has been processor-centric, with memory separated from
compute. Inspired by the organic brain and optimized for inorganic silicon, NorthPole is a …

New structure transistors for advanced technology node CMOS ICs

Q Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Luo, H Yin - National Science Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Over recent decades, advancements in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
integrated circuits (ICs) have mainly relied on structural innovations in transistors. From …

Discovery of Nanoscale Electric Field‐Induced Phase Transitions in ZrO2

PD Lomenzo, L Collins, R Ganser, B Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric properties in the semiconductor
industry's most prominent high‐k dielectrics, HfO2 and ZrO2, is leading to technology …

Two-dimensional semiconductors and transistors for future integrated circuits

L Yin, R Cheng, J Ding, J Jiang, Y Hou, X Feng… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Silicon transistors are approaching their physical limit, calling for the emergence of a
technological revolution. As the acknowledged ultimate version of transistor channels, 2D …

Voltage-based magnetization switching and reading in magnetoelectric spin-orbit nanodevices

DC Vaz, CC Lin, JJ Plombon, WY Choi, I Groen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As CMOS technologies face challenges in dimensional and voltage scaling, the demand for
novel logic devices has never been greater, with spin-based devices offering scaling …

On-Chip Micro Temperature Controllers Based on Freestanding Thermoelectric Nano Films for Low-Power Electronics

Q Jin, T Guo, N Pérez, N Yang, X Jiang, K Nielsch… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Multidimensional integration and multifunctional component assembly have been greatly
explored in recent years to extend Moore's Law of modern microelectronics. However, this …

Magnetoresistive-coupled transistor using the Weyl semimetal NbP

L Rocchino, F Balduini, H Schmid, A Molinari… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Semiconductor transistors operate by modulating the charge carrier concentration of a
channel material through an electric field coupled by a capacitor. This mechanism is …

Integrated 2D multi-fin field-effect transistors

M Yu, C Tan, Y Yin, J Tang, X Gao, H Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Vertical semiconducting fins integrated with high-κ oxide dielectrics have been at the centre
of the key device architecture that has promoted advanced transistor scaling during the last …