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Neuromorphic computing<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Neuromorphic engineering<\/b>, also known as\u00a0neuromorphic computing<\/b>,[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0is a concept developed by\u00a0Carver Mead<\/a>,[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0in the late 1980s, describing the use of\u00a0very-large-scale integration<\/a>\u00a0(VLSI) systems containing electronic\u00a0analog circuits<\/a>\u00a0to mimic neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system.[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In recent times the term\u00a0neuromorphic<\/i>\u00a0has been used to describe analog, digital, mixed-mode analog\/digital VLSI, and software systems that implement models of\u00a0neural systems<\/a>\u00a0(for\u00a0perception<\/a>,\u00a0motor control<\/a>, or\u00a0multisensory integration<\/a>). The implementation of neuromorphic computing on the hardware level can be realized by oxide-based\u00a0memristors<\/a>,[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0threshold switches<\/a>, and\u00a0transistors<\/a>. [Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noted in “Think on this<\/em><\/a>,”\u00a0Liesbeth Venema, NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (5 August 2017, paywall):<\/p>\n

But soon real action was happening on the neuromorphic computing scene. Shortly after Williams\u2019s discovery,\u00a0Wei Lu<\/a>, an engineer at the University of Michigan, took the crucial step and showed that memristors can act as plastic synapses. He used a device made of several thin layers of silicon, one of them with a smattering of silver ions, and showed this can mimic that second feature of the brain. Lu later showed that memristors can simulate the third ingredient too; the memristor synapse could be strengthened or weakened\u00a0depending on the exact timing<\/a>\u00a0of applied electrical spikes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neuromorphic computing: Neuromorphic engineering, also known as\u00a0neuromorphic computing,[1][2][3]\u00a0is a concept developed by\u00a0Carver Mead,[4]\u00a0in the late 1980s, describing the use of\u00a0very-large-scale integration\u00a0(VLSI) systems containing electronic\u00a0analog circuits\u00a0to mimic neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system.[5]\u00a0In recent times the term\u00a0neuromorphic\u00a0has been used to describe analog, digital, mixed-mode analog\/digital VLSI, and software systems that \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11039,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11019\/revisions\/11039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}