Ideal and Resistive Nanowire Decoders General models for nanowire addressing

Recent research in nanoscale computing offers multiple techniques for producing large numbers of parallel nanowires (NWs). These wires can be assembled into crossbars, two orthogonal sets of parallel NWs separated by a layer of molecular devices. In a crossbar, pairs of orthogonal NWs provides control over the molecules at their crosspoints. Hysteretic molecules act as programmable diodes, allowing crossbars to function as both memories and circuits (a PLA for example). Either application requires that NWs be interfaced with existing CMOS technology.