Proposal for an all-spin artificial neural network: Emulating neural and synaptic functionalities through domain wall motion in ferromagnets

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1152-1160

  Sengupta, Abhronil ^a   Shim, Yong ^a   Roy, Kaushik ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Domain wall; Neuromorphic computing; Spin orbit torque; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DOMAIN WALLS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MEMRISTORS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK LAYERS; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SPINTRONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; LOW VOLTAGE OPERATION; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NEURAL ARCHITECTURES; NEUROMORPHIC ARCHITECTURES; NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING; SPIN ORBITS; SYSTEM LEVEL SIMULATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MAGNET; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84969581374     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2016.2525823     Document Type: Article

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