Abstract
By their very nature, Spin Waves (SWs) consume ultra-low amounts of
energy, which makes them suitable for ultra-low energy consumption
applications. In addition, a compressor can be utilized to further
reduce the energy consumption and enhance the speed of a multiplier.
Therefore, we propose a novel energy efficient SW based 4-2 compressor
consisting of 4 XOR gates and 2 Majority gates. The proposed compressor
is validated by means of micromagnetic simulations and compared with the
state-of-the-art SW, 22nm CMOS, Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ), Domain
Wall Motion (DWM), and Spin-CMOS technologies. The performance
evaluation shows that the proposed compressor consumes 2.5x less and
1.25x less energy than the 22nm CMOS and the conventional SW compressor,
respectively, whereas it consumes at least 3 orders of magnitude less
energy than the MTJ, DWM, and Spin-CMOS designs. Furthermore, the
compressor achieves the smallest chip real-estate. In summary, the
performance evaluation of our proposed compressor shows that the SW
technology has the potential to progress the state-of-the-art circuit
design in terms of energy consumption and scalability.