Stochastic electronics: A neuro-inspired design paradigm for integrated circuits

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 843-859

  Hamilton, Tara Julia ^a   Afshar, Saeed ^a   Van Schaik, André ^a   Tapson, Jonathan ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio inspired engineering; integrated circuit (IC) design; neuromorphic engineering (NE); Stochastic electronics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMIMETICS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ACCURATE COMPUTATIONS; BIO-INSPIRED ENGINEERINGS; DESIGN CIRCUITS; DESIGN PARADIGM; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION; NEURAL CIRCUITS; NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN;

EID: 84900518939     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2014.2310713     Document Type: Review

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