Non-Boolean computing with nanomagnets for computer vision applications : Nature Nanotechnology : Nature Publishing Group

Non-Boolean computing with nanomagnets for computer vision applications.
Sanjukta Bhanja, D. K. Karunaratne, Ravi Panchumarthy, Srinath Rajaram, Sudeep Sarkar

Nature Nanotechnology 11, 177 (2016)

Stages in object recognition:a, Grey-scale satellite image of an urban area. b, Edge image with extracted edge segments from a. c, Traditional approach to solving a quadratic optimization process using a CMOS-based arithmetic and logic unit (ALU). d, Proposed method to solve the quadratic optimization process using a magnetic coprocessor. e, Salient edge segments identified from b using the method in c. f, Objects identified using salient edges obtained from e.