In the 1940s, the first generation of modern computers used vacuum tube oscillators as their principle components, however, with the development of the transistor, such oscillator based computers quickly became obsolete. As the demand for faster and lower power computers continues, transistors are themselves approaching their theoretical limit and emerging technologies must eventually supersede...

We introduce a new Boolean computing element related to the Linear Threshold element, which is the Boolean version of the neuron. Instead of the sign function, it computes an arbitrary (with polynornialy many transitions) Boolean function of the weighted sum of its inputs. We call the new computing element an LT M element, which stands for Linear Threshold with Multiple transitions. The paper c...

We pursue in this paper some of the ideas discussed a year ago at the First Annual Symposium on Switching Theory and Logical Design. For a general discussion of threshold logic, and for definitions and motivations of the terms used below, the reader is re­ ferred to "Single Stage Threshold Logic'! also published in this volume1l', 131. Also, a general survey of recent papers in the subject has ...

This paper investigates a novel design of penternary logic gates usingcarbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNTFETs). CNTFET is a suitable candidate forreplacing MOSFET with some useful properties, such as the capability of having thedesired threshold voltage by regulating the diameter of the nanotubes. Multiple-valuedlogic (MVL) such as ternary, quaternary, and penternary is a promising al...