Multiple beyond-CMOS information processing devices are presently under active research and require methods of benchmarking them. A new approach for calculating the performance metric, energy-delay product, of such devices is proposed. The approach involves estimating the device properties of resistance and switching charge, rather than dynamic evolution characteristics, such as switching energy and time. Application of this approach to a wide class of charge-based and non-charge based devices is discussed. The approach suggests pathways for improving the performance of beyond-CMOS devices and a new realistic limit for energy-delay product in terms of the Planks constant.
@article{arxiv.1308.4748,
title = {Charge-Resistance Approach to Benchmarking Performance of Beyond-CMOS Information Processing Devices},
author = {Angik Sarkar and Dmitri E. Nikonov and Ian A. Young and Behtash Behin-Aein and Supriyo Datta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.4748},
year = {2015}
}
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7 pages 2 figures. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology