Chapter 1

Scaling Limits and Nanoscale Physics

Moore's Law and Dennard Scaling limits

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Quantum effects at the nanoscale

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Ballistic transport basics

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Direct tunneling and Fowler-Nordheim tunneling

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Thermal fluctuations and fundamental limits of switching

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Chapter 2

Emerging Transistor Technologies

Gate-All-Around (GAA) and Nanosheet FETs

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Carbon Nanotube FETs (CNFETs) operation

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Graphene-based electronic devices

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Spin-Transfer Torque (STT) devices

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Negative Capacitance FETs (NC-FETs)

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Chapter 3

Nanoscale Interconnects

Copper resistivity size effect at sub-10nm

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Optical interconnects on silicon

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Carbon nanotube interconnects

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3D interconnects and Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs)

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Electromigration scaling challenges

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Chapter 4

Neuromorphic and Brain-Inspired Computing

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) basics

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Synaptic devices (Memristors, PCM devices)

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Artificial neurons and Integrate-and-Fire models

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In-memory computing architectures

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Hardware implementation of learning rules (STDP)

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Chapter 5

Beyond-CMOS Computing Paradigms

Quantum Computing hardware primitives (Qubits)

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Superconducting logic circuits (SFQ logic)

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Reversible logic gates and thermodynamics

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DNA computing basics

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Nanomagnet logic methodologies

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