Stanford Seminar: Neuromorphic Chips: Addressing the Nanostransistor Challenge

Stanford Online: University Courses & Lectures · Oct 22, 2026 · 1h 26m

EE380: Computer Systems Colloquium SeminarNeuromorphic Chips: Addressing the Nanostransistor Challenge by Combining Analog Computation with Digital CommunicationSpeaker: Kwabena Boahen, Stanford UniversityUploaded 06-04-17As transistors shrink to nanoscale dimensions, trapped electrons--blocking "lanes" of electron traffic--are making it difficult for digital computers to work. In stark contrast, the brain works fine with single-lane nanoscale devices that are intermittently blocked (ion channels). Conjecturing that it achieves error-tolerance by combining analog dendritic computation with…