The Nano Computing Research Group's (NCRG) purpose at the University of South Florida is to explore novel computational emerging technology via, modeling, simulation, and fabrication. Using a ground up approach we are able to characterize devices, develop probabilistic models, and determine the reliability of technologies under various conditions. Some of the technologies we are studying include, Quantum Cellular Automata, Sub-50nm CMOS transistors, Magnetic Cellular Automata (MCA), and Field Programmable Magnetic Nano-bit Logic (FPMNL).
Simulations
We routinely use probabilistic simulation using Markov Chain Monte Carlos and random walk on belief models. In nano-magnetics, we use micro-magnetic simulators which both are underpinned by the Landau-Liftshitz-Gilbert equation. The NCRG also has the support to carry out the processor intensive calculations with a state of the art server which has 24 processor with 96 GB of random access memory.
- Reseach Thrust
We are always looking torwards the future of technology. Our current research interest are:
Fabrication
We are also equipped to fabricate a multitude of devices by means of our university's Nano-materials and Nano-manufacturing Research Center (NNRC). This state of the art facility offers the NCRG an array of equipment, from Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam cabapilites, to Transmission Electron Microscopy, to Scanning Probe Microscopes, and Deep Reactive Ion Etching.