AHaH Computing–From Metastable Switches to Attractors to Machine Learning Abstract Modern computing architecture based on the separation of memory and processing leads to a well known problem called the von Neumann bottleneck, a restrictive limit on the... read more
Communication is not Free Communication is not free. It takes energy to move data around. In integrated circuits we can move data with electrons on metal wires or, more recently, with photons in waveguides. Photons are a great choice for long-distance com... read more
Mimicking Nature’s Computers How does nature compute? Attempting to answer this question naturally leads one to consider biological nervous systems, although examples of computation abound in other manifestations of life. Some examples include plant... read more
Introduction to AHaH Computing Alex Nugent’s guest lecture for the Brain Inspired Computing class of Dr. Dhireesha Kudithipudi at Rochester Institute of Technology, April 9th 2015. Alex introduces AHaH Computing, providing motivation for its foundat... read more
I recently made the pilgrimage to our local movie theater to view the latest ‘rise of the machines’ artificial intelligence flick. I always make a point of watching these movies (AI, Terminator, iRobot, Transcendence, etc), as I am interested ... read more
Time to Take the Next Step Memristor crossbars, and memristors in general, can be difficult to work with. Outside of well equipped university and government labs its difficult to get hands-on experience. The equipment needed to fabricate and test the devi... read more