Ternary Instantaneous Noise-based Logic
This work addresses potential improvements in artificial intelligence applications by offering a ternary logic system that maintains compatibility with binary methods, though it appears incremental in nature.
The paper proposes a ternary instantaneous noise-based logic system that introduces an uncertain bit value and a non-existing bit value, enabling existing binary algorithms to run without modification while avoiding zero amplitude issues.
One of the possible representations of three-valued instantaneous noise-based logic is proposed. The third value is an uncertain bit value, which can be useful in artificial intelligence applications. There is a forth value, too, that can represent a non-existing bit (vacuum-state) that is the same (1 numeric value) for all bits, however that is a squeezed state common for all bits. Some logic gates are explored. A ternary Universe has a significant advantage compared to the standard binary one: its amplitude is never zero during any clock period. All the known binary logic gates work for the binary bit values in the same way as earlier therefore the former binary algorithms can be run in the ternary system with no change and without the problems posed by zero values of the Universe.