The Synthesis of Stochastic Circuits for Nanoscale Computation

As the semiconductor industry contemplates the end of Moore’s Law, there has been considerable interest in novel materials and devices (IRTS, 2006). Technologies such as molecular switches and carbon nanowire arrays offer a path to scaling beyond the limits of conventional CMOS (FENA, 2006). Most such technologies are in the exploratory phases, still years or decades from the point when they will be actualized. Accordingly, the development of software tools and techniques for logic synthesis remains speculative. ABSTRACT