# How Memristors Will Help Machines Think at Different Timescales

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2023-12-01
- Length: 50m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/125712423/

## Summary

Professor Melika Payvand of the Institute of Neuroinformatics in Zurich explains how memristors enable neuromorphic systems to operate across multiple time scales, addressing the von Neumann bottleneck by storing neuron parameters locally. She details using resistive memory to implement dendritic delays and structural plasticity, which reduces power consumption by two orders of magnitude compared to recurrent networks. The discussion with hosts Dr. Sunny Bains and Dr. Giulia D’Angelo, and commentator Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings, covers the evolution from DARPA’s MURI project to current commercial memristor applications by IBM and Micron.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=3) Introduction and Memristor Basics
- [2:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=126) Payvand's Background and the MURI Project
- [7:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=476) Multi-Scale Neural Architecture and Dendritic Delays
- [22:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=1343) Memristors for Connectivity and Structural Plasticity
- [28:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=1691) Commercialization and Production Status
- [29:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=1769) Commentary on Neuromorphic Definitions and Adaptability
- [43:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-12-01-how-memristors-will-help-machines-think-at-different-timescales#t=2613) Floating Gates vs. Memristors and Future Challenges

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- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Institute of Neuroinformatics (company)
- DARPA (company)
- IBM (company)
- Micron (company)
- STMicroelectronics (company)
- TrueNorth (product)
- Loihi (product)
- Pimera (product)
- SpinR (product)

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- [Marveling at MEMS: The New Superheroes of The Silicon World](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-07-11-marveling-at-mems-the-new-superheroes-of-the-silicon-world) (Moore's Lobby)

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