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ArticleNature communications2024

A CMOS-compatible oscillation-based VO

Olivier Maher, Manuel Jiménez, Corentin Delacour, Nele Harnack, Juan Núñez, María J Avedillo, Bernabé Linares-Barranco, Aida Todri-Sanial, Giacomo Indiveri, Siegfried Karg

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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10 authors.

Olivier MaherIBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Zürich, Switzerland. OGM@zurich.ibm.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7846-1493
Manuel JiménezInstituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, IMSE-CNM (CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 28, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0625-8809
Corentin DelacourLIRMM, University of Montpellier, 56227, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6386-9588
Nele HarnackIBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Zürich, Switzerland.
Juan NúñezInstituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, IMSE-CNM (CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 28, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.
María J AvedilloInstituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, IMSE-CNM (CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 28, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.
Bernabé Linares-BarrancoInstituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, IMSE-CNM (CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 28, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1813-4889
Aida Todri-SanialLIRMM, University of Montpellier, 56227, Montpellier, France.
Giacomo IndiveriInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7109-1689
Siegfried KargIBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Zürich, Switzerland. SFK@zurich.ibm.com.

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 101092096EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 861153EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 871501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phase-encoded oscillating neural networks offer compelling advantages over metal-oxide-semiconductor-based technology for tackling complex optimization problems, with promising potential for ultralow power consumption and exceptionally rapid computational performance. In this work, we investigate the ability of these networks to solve optimization problems belonging to the nondeterministic polynomial time complexity class using nanoscale vanadium-dioxide-based oscillators integrated onto a Silicon platform. Specifically, we demonstrate how the dynamic behavior of coupled vanadium dioxide devices can effectively solve combinatorial optimization problems, including Graph Coloring, Max-cut, and Max-3SAT problems. The electrical mappings of these problems are derived from the equivalent Ising Hamiltonian formulation to design circuits with up to nine crossbar vanadium dioxide oscillators. Using sub-harmonic injection locking techniques, we binarize the solution space provided by the oscillators and demonstrate that graphs with high connection density (η > 0.4) converge more easily towards the optimal solution due to the small spectral radius of the problem's equivalent adjacency matrix. Our findings indicate that these systems achieve stability within 25 oscillation cycles and exhibit power efficiency and potential for scaling that surpasses available commercial options and other technologies under study. These results pave the way for accelerated parallel computing enabled by large-scale networks of interconnected oscillators.

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