access icon free Memristor-based activation circuit for long-term memories in cognitive architectures

A memristor circuit that can store, maintain and compare the activation of objects in the long-term memory of a cognitive architecture is described. Objects accessed frequently or recently are assigned a high activation and are more likely to be retrieved first in a search that returns multiple matches. By using memristance to store the activation values, the circuit achieves high density and fast retrieval.

Inspec keywords: memristor circuits; integrated memory circuits

Other keywords: cognitive architecture; memristor-based activation circuit; memristance; long-term memory

Subjects: Resistors; Semiconductor storage; Memory circuits

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