论文标题
通过对流逻辑门和热通信计算
Computation by Convective Logic Gates and Thermal Communication
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论文摘要
我们演示了一种基于流体对流逻辑门和热通量介导的信息流的新型计算体系结构。我们以前的工作表明，布尔逻辑操作可以通过热驱动的对流流进行。在这项工作中，我们使用数值模拟来展示由更简单的对流门执行的不同但通用的布尔逻辑操作（NOR）。当前工作中的大门不依赖障碍物流或周期性的边界条件，这在实验性可实现性方面有了显着改善。导电传热链接可用于连接对流门，我们以二进制半添加的示例来证明这一点。这些模拟电路可以在实验环境中使用现代的二维流体设备进行构建，例如丙烯酸板之间的一层薄层流体。因此，提出的方法引入了一个非常规，基于热流体的计算的新领域。
We demonstrate a novel computational architecture based on fluid convection logic gates and heat flux-mediated information flows. Our previous work demonstrated that Boolean logic operations can be performed by thermally-driven convection flows. In this work, we use numerical simulations to demonstrate a different, but universal Boolean logic operation (NOR), performed by simpler convective gates. The gates in the present work do not rely on obstacle flows or periodic boundary conditions, a significant improvement in terms of experimental realizability. Conductive heat transfer links can be used to connect the convective gates, and we demonstrate this with the example of binary half addition. These simulated circuits could be constructed in an experimental setting with modern, 2-dimensional fluidics equipment, such as a thin layer of fluid between acrylic plates. The presented approach thus introduces a new realm of unconventional, thermal fluid-based computation.
