Peter Kogge of the University of Notre Dame
has led an investigation to examine micro-
architectural issues related to quantum dots [2] under
development by Craig Lent and his team, also at
Notre Dame. This work applied conventional
structures derived from the discipline of RISC micro
architecture and techniques. This work, while
demonstrating that it was feasible to realize such a
processor using QCA technology, latency
considerations and other issues made it far from
effective. Through private communications, it was
suggested that something like CCA might be one
possible path to overcome those deficiencies
identified.