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 Many memristive materials have recently been reported [1–5], and the trend continues. New designs and materials are being used to create a diverse range of devices and Knowm Inc. is now selling discrete memristors! Memristor models are also... read more
The first component that realizes the two-decades-old search for analog hardware that mimics the learning ability of the human brain’s synapses and neurons has come to market. Based on memristors, the component from startup Knowm Inc. (Sante Fe, N.M... read more
Introduction Knowm partner Hillary Riggs and I had the great pleasure of attending the Navy Karles Invitational Conference on Neuroelectronics, hosted by the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC from August 18-19, 2015. It was a small and short even... read more
The Moment of Change for Neuromorphic Computing Systems Today marks the end of a grueling but exciting six weeks since we launched Knowm Inc. I have spoken with dozens of analysts and reporters and criss-crossed the country. We introduced Knowm Inc. and o... read more
Is there something else out there? At a fundamental level, everything in the Universe originates from natural processes of self-organization. At the lowest levels we see simple and highly deterministic processes or ‘rules’ that guide the time-... read more
AHaH Computing, Thermodynamic Computing, Competitive Computing, Memristive Dot-product Engines, Dual Memristor Cross bars – are these all different names or variation of the same thing? All are gaining the attention of the academic and commercial re... read more
The Knowm team attended this year’s NICE workshop at IBM Almaden, sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation, IBM and the Kavli Foundation. The conference was filled with a good sampling of the modern celebrities of neuromorphics and representa... read more
In a recent post titled Simulating Knowm AHaH Memristor-Based Logic Using Qucs-S and Xyce, I presented circuit simulations that explored the dynamic behavior of the Knowm M-MSS (Mean Meta-stable Switch Memristor) model by creating basic logic circuits (i.... read more
The sixth annual Neuro Inspired Computational Elements (NICE) was hosted by Intel at the Jones Farm campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, February 27 to March 1. It featured talks on Intel’s new neuromorphic chip arrival “Loihi” as well upgrades ... read more