Visual pattern extraction using energy-efficient "2-PCM synapse" neuromorphic architecture

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2206-2214

  Bichler, Olivier ^a   Suri, Manan ^b   Querlioz, Damien ^c   Vuillaume, Dominique ^d   DeSalvo, Barbara ^b   Gamrat, Christian ^a  

^a CEA LIST   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

2 PCM synapse; Neuromorphic system; phase change materials; spike timing dependent plasticity; spiking neural network

Indexed keywords

2-PCM SYNAPSE; BEHAVIORAL MODEL; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; DETECTION RATES; DYNAMIC VISION; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EVENT-BASED; LEARNING RULES; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATIONS; NEUROMORPHIC; NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS; PHASE CHANGES; REAL LIFE DATA; SPIKE-TIMING-DEPENDENT PLASTICITY; SPIKING NEURAL NETWORKS; SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIATION; VISUAL PATTERN;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84864741849     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2012.2197951     Document Type: Article

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