Stanford Seminar - New Horizons for Electronic Systems

Explore the future of electronic systems in this Stanford seminar. Delve into the connected world of nano-technologies, examining key applications like telemedicine, implanted computing, and environmental monitoring. Investigate emerging semiconductor technologies, including FinFET, nanowire FETs, carbon nanotube transistors, and 2D electronic technologies. Learn about advanced logic cell design, physical design techniques, and novel logic representations such as Biconditional Binary Decision Diagrams. Discover the potential of majority logic and Majority-Inverter Graphs in synthesis optimization. Gain insights into nanoarchitecture design and its implications for future electronic systems.

Introduction.
Outline.
A connected world.
Nano-Tera.ch: Key figures.
Example: Tele-medicine.
Implanted computing example.
Example: Monitoring the Alps.
Semiconductor technologies.
Emerging nano-technologies.
FinFET to Nanowire FET.
Vertical silicon nanowire transistors.
Carbon Nanotube Transistors.
2D electronic technologies.
Double gate SiNW FET.
Fabricated device view.
Controllable polarity in 2D.
Modeling various emerging nanogates.
Logic cell design for controllable polarity gates.
Physical design.
Dumbbell-stick diagrams.
Layout abstraction and regularity.
Biconditional Binary Decision Diagrams.
BBDDs are Compact (Majority Function).
Why majority logic?.
Synthesis Motivation for Majority.
How to Exploit Majority Logic?.
Majority-Inverter Graph.
MIG Size Optimization.
MIG Depth Optimization: Adders.
Majority-based synthesis: MIGthy.
Experimental Results: MCNC circuits.
CMOS Design Results.
Nanoarchitecture Design.
Key points.
Conclusions.