<s>
Field	B-General_Concept
Programmable	I-General_Concept
Nanowire	I-General_Concept
Interconnect	I-General_Concept
(	O
often	O
abbreviated	O
FPNI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
computer	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
defect-tolerant	O
architecture	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
Teramac	B-Device
experiment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FPNI	O
improves	O
on	O
a	O
field-programmable	B-Architecture
gate	I-Architecture
array	I-Architecture
(	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
)	O
architecture	O
by	O
lifting	O
the	O
configuration	O
bit	O
and	O
associated	O
components	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
semiconductor	O
plane	O
and	O
replacing	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
interconnect	O
with	O
nonvolatile	O
switches	O
,	O
which	O
decreases	O
both	O
the	O
area	O
and	O
power	O
consumption	O
of	O
the	O
circuit	O
--	O
while	O
providing	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
times	O
the	O
density	O
at	O
less	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
