Abstract
By their very nature, Spin Waves (SWs) excited at the same frequency but
different amplitudes, propagate through waveguides and interfere with
each other at the expense of ultra-low energy consumption. In addition,
all (part) of the SW energy can be moved from one waveguide to another
by means of coupling effects. In this paper we make use of these SW
features and introduce a novel non Boolean algebra based paradigm, which
enables domain conversion free ultra-low energy consumption SW based
computing. Subsequently, we leverage this computing paradigm by
designing a non-binary spin wave adder, which we validate by means of
micro-magnetic simulation. To get more inside on the proposed adder
potential we assume a 2-bit adder implementation as discussion vehicle,
evaluate its area, delay, and energy consumption, and compare it with
conventional SW and 7nm CMOS counterparts. The results indicate that our
proposal diminishes the energy consumption by a factor of 3.14x and 6x,
when compared with the conventional SW and 7nm CMOS functionally
equivalent designs, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed non-binary
adder implementation requires the least number of devices, which
indicates its potential for small chip real-estate realizations.