Researchers at the University of Southampton’s Centre for Electronics Frontiers (CEF), along with colleagues at the University of Padova and the University of Zurich, have reached an important breakthrough by connecting biological and artificial neurons together and facilitating them to communicate over the internet.
The major international conference of the circuits and systems community, ISCAS, has been held in Florence, Italy from the 27th to 30th May 2018. ArC Instruments has presented two demos where visitors could explore the new capabilities of ArC ONE.
A recent publication by University of Southampton researchers has unveiled the multibit capability of metal-oxide based resistive memory delivering a record 6.5 bits of storage. Although multistate capability has been demonstrated before implementing and testing a memory cell with more than 3 bits of storage is a complex endeavour. This development paves the way for neuromorphic as well as non-volatile memory applications.
New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that memristive devices could be the ‘missing link’ in the development of implants that use electrical signals from the brain to help treat medical conditions.
Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity is a learning rule implemented by biological synapses, and it is believed to be a dominant mechanism which dictates the rate of learning in the animal brain. Memristors have been demonstrated to respond in their conductance change in similar ways with biological synapses. We have implemented an easy to operate pulsing module which automatically performs STDP measurements on memristive devices, whilst offering full flexibility in setting up pre- and post-synaptic spike shapes and relative timings.
ArC Instruments’ ArC ONE has evolved from a long line of instruments used for accelerating research in memristive devices, circuits and systems. An important part of that mandate involves research into neuromemristive systems, i.e. electronic circuits exploiting the unique properties of memristive devices to mimic the general computational principles of the brain. The special architecture of these systems means they come with their own characteristic set of testing and operation requirements and ArC one is equipped to meet them.
The International Symposium of Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2016 was held in Montreal, Canada, and gathered prominent figures from the Circuits and Systems community around the world. ArC Instruments performed a live demonstration of the flagship product ArC ONE, where participants could characterize memristive devices at a click of a button.
The international workshop "Advances in ReRAM: Materials and Interfaces" was held at Minoa Palace Resort Hotel in Platanias-Chania, Crete, Greece on 11-16 October 2015.
