As the benefits of Moore’s law progressively diminish and come at a greater
cost, there is a growing urge to consider alternative computing approaches
in order to keep increasing computational capabilities fast enough to
continue spurring innovation. Because it is unlikely that we will find a
replacement to Moore’s law that will provide again decades of sustained
growth, we may have to accept that computing hardware will become
multifaceted, both in terms of design approaches and implementation
technologies. Alternative approaches may mean breaking away from CPUs with
radically different designs using mature CMOS technologies, and they may
also entail radically different fundamental technologies. In this special
edition, we want to be inclusive and contemplate both types of alternative
approaches. We are looking for papers that discuss ideas that will lead to
significant quantitative gains in performance and efficiency and/or are
enabler of new forward looking applications.