title: Self-reproduction in three-dimensional reversible cellular space.
abstract: Due to inevitable power dissipation, it is said that nano-scaled computing devices should perform their computing processes in a reversible manner. This will be a large problem in constructing three-dimensional nano-scaled functional objects. Reversible cellular automata (RCA) are used for modeling physical phenomena such as power dissipation, by studying the dissipation of garbage signals. We construct a three-dimensional self-inspective self-reproducing reversible cellular automaton by extending the two-dimensional version SR(8). It can self-reproduce various patterns in three-dimensional reversible cellular space without dissipating garbage signals.
authors.affiliation: Hiroshima University, Faculty of Engineering, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527 Japan. imai.morita@iec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Katsunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D002450:Cell Communication; D003198:Computer Simulation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*