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Suhas Kumar¹, R Stanley Williams², Ziwen Wang³

¹Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA, USA. su1@alumni.stanford.edu.

|September 24, 2020

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Researchers developed a novel nanoscale third-order circuit element using Mott transition dynamics, enabling transistorless neuromorphic computing. This breakthrough offers compact, energy-efficient primitives for artificial intelligence and neuroscientific model validation.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Neuroscience
Computer Engineering

Background:

Current neuromorphic computing relies on complex transistor circuits.
Higher-order circuit elements offer more faithful emulation of biological functions.
Third-order complexity is theoretically required for neuromorphic action potentials, but previously unachieved.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a nanoscale third-order circuit element.
To show transistorless networks of these elements performing computational tasks.
To enable compact and energy-efficient neuromorphic computing primitives.

Main Methods:

Experimental fabrication and characterization of nanoscale circuit elements.
Computational modeling of electrophysical processes, including Mott transition dynamics.
Construction and testing of transistorless networks for Boolean operations and graph partitioning.

Main Results:

Successfully created an isolated third-order circuit element.
Demonstrated Mott transition dynamics as a key component.
Showcased transistorless networks performing Boolean operations.
Achieved analogue solutions for a computationally hard graph-partitioning problem.

Conclusions:

A new class of third-order neuromorphic computing primitives has been realized.
This approach enables highly compact and densely functional neuromorphic hardware.
The findings support energy-efficient validation of neuroscientific models.