Emulating memristors in a digital environment using stochastic logic

Stochastic logic is a way to emulate analog operations using only digital gates. In this kind of scheme, precision is gained by an increase in the computing time. We have used this framework to implement an emulator for a memristor into Matlab using very simple logic operators. Results show excellent agreement between the expected and the obtained results, demonstrating the potential of this approach.

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