Issue 11, 2023

Emerging memristive artificial neuron and synapse devices for the neuromorphic electronics era

Abstract

Growth of data eases the way to access the world but requires increasing amounts of energy to store and process. Neuromorphic electronics has emerged in the last decade, inspired by biological neurons and synapses, with in-memory computing ability, extenuating the ‘von Neumann bottleneck’ between the memory and processor and offering a promising solution to reduce the efforts both in data storage and processing, thanks to their multi-bit non-volatility, biology-emulated characteristics, and silicon compatibility. This work reviews the recent advances in emerging memristive devices for artificial neuron and synapse applications, including memory and data-processing ability: the physics and characteristics are discussed first, i.e., valence changing, electrochemical metallization, phase changing, interfaced-controlling, charge-trapping, ferroelectric tunnelling, and spin-transfer torquing. Next, we propose a universal benchmark for the artificial synapse and neuron devices on spiking energy consumption, standby power consumption, and spike timing. Based on the benchmark, we address the challenges, suggest the guidelines for intra-device and inter-device design, and provide an outlook for the neuromorphic applications of resistive switching-based artificial neuron and synapse devices.

Graphical abstract: Emerging memristive artificial neuron and synapse devices for the neuromorphic electronics era

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
11 may 2023
Accepted
31 iyl 2023
First published
07 avq 2023

Nanoscale Horiz., 2023,8, 1456-1484

Emerging memristive artificial neuron and synapse devices for the neuromorphic electronics era

J. Li, H. Abbas, D. S. Ang, A. Ali and X. Ju, Nanoscale Horiz., 2023, 8, 1456 DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00180F

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