Embryonic electronics

Daniel Mange; Moshe Sipper; Pierre Marchal

doi:10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00052-0

Embryonic electronics

Daniel Mange, Moshe Sipper, Pierre Marchal

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Abstract

Within the general domain of bio-inspired computing, a particular trend over the past few years has been that of constructing actual hardware devices that are inspired by nature. This paper describes one such project-Embryonics (embryonic electronics)-inspired in particular by the process of embryogenesis. Our ultimate objective is the construction of large-scale integrated circuits, exhibiting the properties of self-repair (healing) and self-replication, found until now only in living beings. We present the silicon-based artificial cell, followed by a description of mechanisms operating at the cellular level: cellular differentiation, cellular division, regeneration, and replication. We then present the cell's composition as an ensemble of lower-level elements, known as 'molecules'. As electronic chips grow evermore complex, the need for self-repair capabilities will become increasingly crucial. The Embryonics approach represents one possible way of confronting this pivotal problem. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-152
Number of pages	8
Journal	BioSystems
Volume	51
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00052-0
State	Published - 1 Jan 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Embryonics
Ontogeny
Self-repair
Self-replication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Statistics and Probability
Modeling and Simulation
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Applied Mathematics

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