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Memristive crossbars suffer from non-idealities (such as, sneak paths) that degrade computational accuracy of the Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) mapped onto them. A 1T-1R synapse, adding a transistor (1T) in series with the memristive synapse…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Abhiroop Bhattacharjee , Lakshya Bhatnagar , Youngeun Kim , Priyadarshini Panda

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) presents a promising avenue for energy-efficient spintronics devices, surpassing the limitations of spin transfer torque. While extensively studied in heavy metals, SOT in antiferromagnetic quantum materials remains…

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is an emerging technology that enables the efficient manipulation of spintronic devices. The initial processes of interest in SOTs involved electric fields, spin-orbit coupling, conduction electron spins and…

Deep learning has triggered explosive growth in the demand for specialized hardware processors, thus motivating the development of scalable and reconfigurable computing substrates. Optical processors offer a fundamentally different…

Charge-to-spin and spin-to-charge conversion mechanisms in high spin-orbit materials are the new frontier of memory devices. They operate via spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching of a magnetic electrode, driven by an applied charge current. In…

MXenes have attracted considerable attention in recent years owing to their two-dimensional (2D) layered structures with various functionalities similar to those of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides. To open a new application…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-22 Prabhat Kumar , Yoshio Miura , Yoshinori Kotani , Akiho Sumiyoshiya , Tetsuya Nakamura , Gaurav K. Shukla , Shinji Isogami

We present a simple, effective, and general activation function we term ACON which learns to activate the neurons or not. Interestingly, we find Swish, the recent popular NAS-searched activation, can be interpreted as a smooth approximation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Ningning Ma , Xiangyu Zhang , Ming Liu , Jian Sun

Spintronic-based neuromorphic hardware offers high-density and rapid data processing at nanoscale lengths by leveraging magnetic configurations like skyrmion and domain walls. Here, we present the maximal hardware implementation of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-30 Saumya Gupta , Venkatesh Vadde , Bhaskaran Muralidharan , Abhishek Sharma

As an essential building block for developing a large-scale brain-inspired computing system, we present a highly scalable and energy-efficient artificial neuron device composed of an Ovonic Threshold Switch (OTS) and a few passive…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-07-01 Milim Lee , Youngjo Kim , Seong Won Cho , Joon Young Kwak , Hyunsu Ju , Yeonjin Yi , Byung-ki Cheong , Suyoun Lee

Neuromorphic systems require user-friendly software to support the design and optimization of experiments. In this work, we address this need by presenting our development of a machine learning-based modeling framework for the BrainScaleS-2…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Philipp Spilger , Elias Arnold , Luca Blessing , Christian Mauch , Christian Pehle , Eric Müller , Johannes Schemmel

A large anti-damping spin-obit torque (SOT) efficiency in magnetic heterostructures is a prerequisite to realize energy efficient spin torque based magnetic memories and logic devices. The efficiency can be characterized in terms of the…

Memristors have been widely studied as artificial synapses in neuromorphic circuits, due to their functional similarity with biological synapses, low operating power, and high integration density. In this work, a memristive synapse,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Y. Liu , D. Wang , Z. Dong , H. Xie , W. Zhao

The recent progress of artificial intelligence (AI) has boosted the computational possibilities in fields where standard computers are not able to perform. The AI paradigm is to emulate human intelligence and therefore breaks the familiar…

This paper presents a neuromorphic system for cognitive load classification in a real-world setting, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) task, using a hardware implementation of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs). Electroencephalogram (EEG) and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Jiahui An , Chonghao Cai , Olympia Gallou , Sara Irina Fabrikant , Giacomo Indiveri , Elisa Donati

Activation functions are widely used in neural networks to decide the activation value of the neural unit based upon linear combinations of the weighted inputs. The effective implementation of activation function is highly important, as…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Nursultan Kaiyrbekov , Olga Krestinskaya , Alex Pappachen James

An intelligent optical performance monitor using multi-task learning based artificial neural network (MTL-ANN) is designed for simultaneous OSNR monitoring and modulation format identification (MFI). Signals' amplitude histograms (AHs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-18 Zhiquan Wan , Zhenming Yu , Liang Shu , Yilun Zhao , Haojie Zhang , Kun Xu

Regarded as the third generation of neural networks, Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have garnered significant traction due to their biological plausibility and energy efficiency. Recent advancements in large models necessitate spiking…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Chenlin Zhou , Sihang Guo , Jiaqi Wang , Dongyang Ma , Jin Cheng , Qingyan Meng , Zhengyu Ma , Yonghong Tian

The growing demand for artificial intelligence and complex computing has underscored the urgent need for advanced data storage technologies. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) has emerged as a leading candidate for high-speed, high-density magnetic…

The performance of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is influenced by weight initialization, the nature of activation functions, and their architecture. There is a wide range of activation functions that are traditionally used to train a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-11-30 Saeid Safaei , Vahid Safaei , Solmazi Safaei , Zerotti Woods , Hamid R. Arabnia , Juan B. Gutierrez

Network architectures and learning principles are playing key in forming complex functions in artificial neural networks (ANNs) and spiking neural networks (SNNs). SNNs are considered the new-generation artificial networks by incorporating…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Shuncheng Jia , Tielin Zhang , Ruichen Zuo , Bo Xu