期刊名称:IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing
印刷版ISSN:2168-6750
出版年度:2018
卷号:6
期号:1
页码:145-155
DOI:10.1109/TETC.2015.2420353
出版社:IEEE Publishing
摘要:This paper explores memristive grids where emergent computation arises through collective device interactions. Computing efficiency of the grids is studied in several scenarios and new composite memristive structures are utilized in shortest path and maze-solving computations. The dependence of the computing medium behavior on the symmetry of both the underlying geometry and the employed devices, is validated through SPICE-level circuit simulations, which highlight important computing inefficiencies. Particular circuit-models of memristive connections enable precise mapping of the target application on the computing medium. Extraordinary functionalities emerge when novel memristive computing components, comprising different electrical characteristics from their structural elements, are introduced in the grid. Applying assisted-computation, by incorporating the concept of Ariadne's thread, leaded to better computing results, which could find application in routing and path computing problems.