Robust Memristor Networks for Neuromorphic Computation Applications

Materials (Basel). 2019 Oct 31;12(21):3573. doi: 10.3390/ma12213573.

Abstract

One of the main obstacles for memristors to become commonly used in electrical engineering and in the field of artificial intelligence is the unreliability of physical implementations. A non-uniform range of resistance, low mass-production yield and high fault probability during operation are disadvantages of the current memristor technologies. In this article, the authors offer a solution for these problems with a circuit design, which consists of many memristors with a high operational variance that can form a more robust single memristor. The proposition is confirmed by physical device measurements, by gaining similar results as in previous simulations. These results can lead to more stable devices, which are a necessity for neuromorphic computation, artificial intelligence and neural network applications.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; circuit design; hardware-based deep learning ICs; memristor; neuromorphic computing.