Self-assembled neuromorphic networks

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay; Latika Menon; Nikolai Alexandrovich Kouklin; Paul Frazer Williams; Natale Joseph Ianno

doi:10.1117/12.454616

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19 November 2001 Self-assembled neuromorphic networks

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Latika Menon, Nikolai Alexandrovich Kouklin, Paul Frazer Williams, Natale Joseph Ianno

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Proceedings Volume 4590, BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454616
Event: International Symposium on Microelectronics and MEMS, 2001, Adelaide, Australia

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This paper details our experimental progress towards the synthesis of self-assembled nanostructures that may exhibit collective computational activity. Self assembled two dimensional networks of heterostructured quantum dots, linked by resistive and capacitive connections, can function as Boolean logic circuits, associative memory, image processors, and combinatorial optimizers. Computational or signal processing activity is elicited from simple charge interactions between the dots which act as non-linear resistors. Such circuits could be massively parallel, fault-tolerant, ultrafast, ultradense and dissipate very little power.

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Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Latika Menon, Nikolai Alexandrovich Kouklin, Paul Frazer Williams, and Natale Joseph Ianno "Self-assembled neuromorphic networks", Proc. SPIE 4590, BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, (19 November 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454616

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