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ArticleNature communications2018

Neuromorphic computing with multi-memristive synapses.

Irem Boybat, Manuel Le Gallo, S R Nandakumar, Timoleon Moraitis, Thomas Parnell, Tomas Tuma, Bipin Rajendran, Yusuf Leblebici, Abu Sebastian, Evangelos Eleftheriou

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Irem BoybatIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland. ibo@zurich.ibm.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4255-8622
Manuel Le GalloIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1600-6151
S R NandakumarIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7930-508X
Timoleon MoraitisIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Thomas ParnellIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Tomas TumaIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Bipin RajendranDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-6909
Yusuf LeblebiciMicroelectronic Systems Laboratory, EPFL, Bldg ELD, Station 11, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abu SebastianIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland. ase@zurich.ibm.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-5243
Evangelos EleftheriouIBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromorphic computing has emerged as a promising avenue towards building the next generation of intelligent computing systems. It has been proposed that memristive devices, which exhibit history-dependent conductivity modulation, could efficiently represent the synaptic weights in artificial neural networks. However, precise modulation of the device conductance over a wide dynamic range, necessary to maintain high network accuracy, is proving to be challenging. To address this, we present a multi-memristive synaptic architecture with an efficient global counter-based arbitration scheme. We focus on phase change memory devices, develop a comprehensive model and demonstrate via simulations the effectiveness of the concept for both spiking and non-spiking neural networks. Moreover, we present experimental results involving over a million phase change memory devices for unsupervised learning of temporal correlations using a spiking neural network. The work presents a significant step towards the realization of large-scale and energy-efficient neuromorphic computing systems.

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Biomimetic MaterialsModels, NeurologicalNeural Networks, ComputerUnsupervised Machine LearningAction PotentialsAnimalsElectric ConductivityElectronicsHumansSynapses

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PMID29955057
PMCPMC6023896

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