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Experimental demonstration of associative memory with memristive neural networks

Pershin, Yuriy V., Di Ventra, Massimiliano·2010·Neural Networks

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Synapses are essential elements for computation and information storage in both real and artificial neural systems. An artificial synapse needs to remember its past dynamical history, store a continuous set of states, and be "plastic" according to the pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neuronal activity. Here we show that all this can be accomplished by a memory-resistor (memristor for short). In particular, by using simple and inexpensive off-the-shelf components we have built a memristor emulator which realizes all required synaptic properties. Most importantly, we have demonstrated experimentally the formation of associative memory in a simple neural network consisting of three electronic neurons connected by two memristor-emulator synapses. This experimental demonstration opens up new possibilities in the understanding of neural processes using memory devices, an important step forward to reproduce complex learning, adaptive and spontaneous behavior with electronic neural networks.

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Authors
Pershin, Y. V., & Di Ventra, M.
Affiliations
University of South Carolina (US)
Corresponding author
Pershin, Yuriy V.
Venue
Neural Networks
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-09
Volume
23
Issue
7
Pages
881-886
ISSN
0893-6080 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2015088745
Cited by
1,041
References
44
Citations by year
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FWCI
42.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neural Networks (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Neural Networks and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Keywords
memristors, associative memory, memristive neural networks, artificial synapses, synaptic plasticity, electronic neurons, neuromorphic hardware
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Association Learning, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Synapses, Neural Networks, Computer

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