Abstract
All computing is physical, requiring a substrate in which to perform the computation. Conventional computation (CCOMP), based on the Church-Turing thesis and the von Neumann architecture, is built upon logical states that are engineered into the substrate. By contrast, in materio computation does not impose a computational model upon the substrate, but rather exploits a naturally-occurring computational property that it may have. New, unconventional models of computation are needed to exploit these naturally-occurring properties.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Miller, J.F., Hickinbotham, S.J., Amos, M. (2018). In Materio Computation Using Carbon Nanotubes. In: Stepney, S., Rasmussen, S., Amos, M. (eds) Computational Matter. Natural Computing Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65826-1_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65826-1_3
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65824-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-65826-1
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)