• DocumentCode
    2103133
  • Title

    Is spiking logic the route to memristor-based computers?

  • Author

    Gale, Ella ; de Lacy Costello, Ben ; Adamatzky, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Bristol Robot. Lab., Univ. of the West of England, Bristol, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-11 Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    297
  • Lastpage
    300
  • Abstract
    Memristors have been suggested as a novel route to neuromorphic computing based on the similarity between neurons (synapses and ion pumps) and memristors. The D.C. action of the memristor is a current spike, which we think will be fruitful for building memristor computers. In this paper, we introduce 4 different logical assignations to implement sequential logic in the memristor and introduce the physical rules, summation, `bounce-back´, directionality and `diminishing returns´, elucidated from our investigations. We then demonstrate how memristor sequential logic works by instantiating a NOT gate, an AND gate and a Full Adder with a single memristor. The Full Adder makes use of the memristor´s memory to add three binary values together and outputs the value, the carry digit and even the order they were input in.
  • Keywords
    adders; ion pumps; logic gates; memristors; sequential circuits; AND gate; NOT gate; bounce-back; diminishing returns; full adder; ion pumps; logical assignations; memristor DC action; memristor memory; memristor sequential logic; memristor-based computers; neuromorphic computing; neuron similarity; spiking logic; synapses; Adders; Logic gates; Materials; Memristors; Neuromorphics; Neurons; Physics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Abu Dhabi
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2013.6815413
  • Filename
    6815413