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Record W3175542906 · doi:10.1016/j.mee.2021.111706

Fully CMOS-compatible passive TiO2-based memristor crossbars for in-memory computing

2022· article· en· W3175542906 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueMicroelectronic Engineering · 2022
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing
Canadian institutionsInstitut National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInstitut interdisciplinaire d'innovation technologiqueUniversité de Sherbrooke
FundersFonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologiesNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCHIST-ERAAgence Nationale de la Recherche
KeywordsNeuromorphic engineeringCrossbar switchMemristorComputer scienceFabricationCMOSComputer architectureVoltageProcess (computing)Resistive random-access memoryElectronic engineeringArtificial neural networkMaterials scienceElectrical engineeringOptoelectronicsEngineeringTelecommunicationsArtificial intelligence

Abstract

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Brain-inspired computing and neuromorphic hardware are promising approaches that offer great potential to overcome limitations faced by current computing paradigms based on traditional von-Neumann architecture. In this regard, interest in developing memristor crossbar arrays has increased due to their ability to natively perform in-memory computing and fundamental synaptic operations required for neural network implementation. For optimal efficiency, crossbar-based circuits need to be compatible with fabrication processes and materials of industrial CMOS technologies. Herein, we report a complete CMOS-compatible fabrication process of TiO2-based passive memristor crossbars with 700 nm wide electrodes. We show successful bottom electrode fabrication by a damascene process, resulting in an optimised topography and a surface roughness as low as 1.1 nm. DC sweeps and voltage pulse programming yield statistical results related to synaptic-like multilevel switching. Both cycle-to-cycle and device-to-device variability are investigated. Analogue programming of the conductance using sequences of 200 ns voltage pulses suggest that the fabricated memories have a multilevel capacity of at least 3 bits due to the cycle-to-cycle reproducibility.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.191
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.206
Teacher spread0.200 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it