METAMORPHIC MEMORY BASED BIO-INSPIRED RECONFIGURABLE CELLULAR SYSTEMS

Abstract

Abstract – Living beings in nature are made up of structurally identical cells, where each cell contains a copy of its DNA, the unique characteristic of the individual. This DNA is like a memory. It remembers and defines the behaviour of the individual and remains constant throughout its life time. An artificial embryonic cell contains a similar memory map where the specific ‘gene ’ it executes determines the functionality of the cell. An electronic system is then constructed by interconnecting a large number of identical cells. Each cell, similarly to nature, executes only a segment (gene) of the DNA and thus they all demonstrate different behaviour. However these cells will collectively determine the characteristic and configuration of the target system. This paper proposes a novel gene selection algorithm that doesn’t use the common address decoding approach and provides easier reconfiguration of systems for a different behaviour