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Within the COgITOR Project, we are excited to share our latest research which reports the first custom ASIC ever designed for holonomic computing in colloidal systems. This work represents a key milestone in advancing unconventional computing hardware and demonstrates COgITOR’s vision of merging materials, electronics, and computation beyond traditional paradigms.

The proposed ASIC architecture introduces high modularity, multi-directional processing, and a multi-port design, enabling unprecedented scalability and flexibility for holonomic and colloidal computing platforms. These features open new pathways for implementing adaptive, distributed, and physically embodied computation.

This work was authored by Charanraj Mohan, Marco Crepaldi, and Alessandro Chiolerio, whose combined expertise made this achievement possible. We gratefully acknowledge the leadership, insights, and continuous support of Marco Crepaldi and Alessandro Chiolerio, as well as the strong collaboration with colleagues at IIT and PlasmaChem GmbH.

Special thanks go to the laboratories coordinated by Marco Crepaldi, which provided the essential experimental ecosystem and instrumentation that enabled this research.

Together, this contribution marks an important step toward realizing holonomic, material-based computing systems at the core of the COgITOR vision.

Check the publication here!