English
Related papers

Related papers: Multilevel nonvolatile optoelectronic memory based…

200 papers

We have calculated the key characteristics of associative (content-addressable) spatial-temporal memories based on neuromorphic networks with restricted connectivity - "CrossNets". Such networks may be naturally implemented in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-14 Dmitri Gavrilov , Dmitri Strukov , Konstantin K. Likharev

Implementing on-chip non-volatile optical memories has long been an actively pursued goal, promising significant enhancements in the capability and energy efficiency of photonic integrated circuits. Here, a novel optical memory has been…

The potential of memristive devices is often seeing in implementing neuromorphic architectures for achieving brain-like computation. However, the designing procedures do not allow for extended manipulation of the material, unlike CMOS…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-04-25 Shari Lim Wei , Eleni Vasilaki , Ali Khiat , Iulia Salaoru , Radu Berdan , Themistoklis Prodromakis

Neuromorphic computing seeks to replicate the spiking dynamics of biological neurons for brain-inspired computation. While electronic implementations of artificial spiking neurons have dominated to date, photonic approaches are attracting…

The optical memristive switches are electrically activated optical switches that can memorize the current state. They can be used as optical latching switches in which the switching state is changed only by applying an electrical…

Molecule-based devices are envisioned to complement silicon devices by providing new functions or already existing functions at a simpler process level and at a lower cost by virtue of their self-organization capabilities. Moreover, they…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-04 F. Alibart , S. Pleutin , D. Guerin , C. Novembre , S. Lenfant , K. Lmimouni , C. Gamrat , D. Vuillaume

The enormous amount of data generated nowadays worldwide is increasingly triggering the search for unconventional and more efficient ways of processing and classifying information, eventually able to transcend the conventional…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-04-22 Ewelina Wlaźlak , Dawid Przyczyna , Rafael Gutierrez , Gianaurelio Cuniberti , Konrad Szaciłowski

Spintronic nano-synapses and nano-neurons perform complex cognitive computations with high accuracy thanks to their rich, reproducible and controllable magnetization dynamics. These dynamical nanodevices could transform artificial…

Artificial synapse is a key element of future brain-inspired neuromorphic computing systems implemented in hardware. This work presents a graphene synaptic transistor based on all-technology-compatible materials that exhibits highly tunable…

The memory demands of large-scale deep neural networks (DNNs) require synaptic weight values to be stored and updated in off-chip memory like dynamic random-access memory, which reduces energy efficiency and increases training time.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Abhishek Kumar , Peter D. Hodgson , Manus Hayne , Avirup Dasgupta

Nanoscale metal oxide memristors have potential in the development of brain-inspired computing systems that are scalable and efficient1-3. In such systems, memristors represent the native electronic analogues of the biological synapses.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 Cheng-Chih Hsieh , Anupam Roy , Yao-Feng Chang , Davood Shahrjerdi , Sanjay K. Banerjee

Software-implementation, via neural networks, of brain-inspired computing approaches underlie many important modern-day computational tasks, from image processing to speech recognition, artificial intelligence and deep learning…

Optics · Physics 2021-02-19 J. Feldmann , N. Youngblood , C. D. Wright , H. Bhaskaran , W. H. P. Pernice

The synapse is a key element of neuromorphic computing in terms of efficiency and accuracy. In this paper, an optimized current-controlled memristive synapse circuit is proposed. Our proposed synapse demonstrates reliability in the face of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Hritom Das , Rocco D. Febbo , Charlie P. Rizzo , Nishith N. Chakraborty , James S. Plank , Garrett S. Rose

We show optical waves passing through a nanophotonic medium can perform artificial neural computing. Complex information, is encoded in the wave front of an input light. The medium transforms the wave front to realize sophisticated…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-11 Erfan Khoram , Ang Chen , Dianjing Liu , Lei Ying , Qiqi Wang , Ming yuan , Zongfu Yu

Memristive devices are a class of circuit elements that shows great promise as future building block for brain-inspired computing. One influential view in theoretical neuroscience sees the brain as a function-computing device: given input…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Thomas F. Tiotto , Jelmer P. Borst , Niels A. Taatgen

Neuromorphic chip refers to an unconventional computing architecture that is modelled on biological brains. It is ideally suited for processing sensory data for intelligence computing, decision-making or context cognition. Despite rapid…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-09-09 Shuchao Qin , Fengqiu Wang , Yujie Liu , Qing Wan , Xinran Wang , Yongbing Xu , Yi Shi , Xiaomu Wang , Rong Zhang

All-optical active plasmonic devices are of fundamental importance for designing efficient nanophotonic circuits. We theoretically propose and numerically investigate an active plasmonic device made up of a nonlinear epsilon-near-zero…

Optics · Physics 2013-05-29 Alessandro Ciattoni , Carlo Rizza , Elia Palange

Neuromorphic networks of artificial neurons and synapses can solve computational hard problems with energy efficiencies unattainable for von Neumann architectures. For image processing, silicon neuromorphic processors outperform graphic…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Wei Yi , Kenneth K. Tsang , Stephen K. Lam , Xiwei Bai , Jack A. Crowell , Elias A. Flores

Over the past decade Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) have emerged as one of the popular architectures to emulate the brain. In SNN, information is temporally encoded and communication between neurons is accomplished by means of spikes. In…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-12-14 Abhronil Sengupta , Aparajita Banerjee , Kaushik Roy

Modern-day computers use electrical signaling for processing and storing data which is bandwidth limited and power-hungry. These limitations are bypassed in the field of communications, where optical signaling is the norm. To exploit…