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From Data and Signals Cellular Automata to Self-organizing Circuits

Joël Rossier
2008
Conference Papers

Abstract

Self-organizing circuits are able to grow, to self-replicate, and to self-repair. These properties are implemented in hardware thanks to configuration, cloning and cicatrization mechanisms. They are realized by the configuration layer of the POEtic tissue, a data and signals cellular automata based circuit. Specified as a data-flow processor, the application and routing layers of the circuit compose a timer as an application example.

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Joël Rossier
2008
Conference Papers

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/26e573af-0a83-49f3-b00c-cba5e5bd0bdc

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