Coupled Spin Torque Nano Oscillators for Low Power Neural Computation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Yogendra, Karthik ^a   Fan, Deliang ^a   Roy, Kaushik ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

coupled spin torque nano oscillators; frequency locking; injection locking; low power; neural networks; programmable resistive crossbar

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HARDWARE; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

FREQUENCY LOCKING; INJECTION-LOCKING; LOW POWER; NANO-OSCILLATOR; PROGRAMMABLE RESISTIVE CROSSBAR;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 84942342275     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2015.2443042     Document Type: Article

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