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11/03/2020

ArC ONE connects machine and biology

Researchers at the University of Southampton’s Centre for Electronics Frontiers (CEF), along with colleagues at the University of Padova and the University of Zurich, have reached an important breakthrough by connecting biological and artificial neurons together and facilitating them to communicate over the internet. The Researchers created a hybrid neural network where biological and artificial neurons were connected using an array of memristive synapses controlled by an ArC ONE™. This is the first time the three components have come together in a unified network.

06/11/2018

ArC Instruments at ISCAS 2018

The major international conference of the circuits and systems community, ISCAS, has been held in Florence, Italy from the 27th to 30th May 2018. ArC Instruments has presented two demos where visitors could explore the capabilities of ArC ONE. During our presence in ISCAS 2018 we demonstrated two new capabilities of ArC ONE: a new software module for ArC ONE, MultiStateSeeker, to assess the memory capacity of a memristive array as well as an all-new addon environmental microchamber.

20/12/2017

Multibit memory assessment with ArC ONE

A recent publication by University of Southampton researchers has unveiled the multibit capability of metal-oxide based resistive memory delivering a record 6.5 bits of storage. Although multistate capability has been demonstrated before implementing and testing a memory cell with more than 3 bits of storage is a complex endeavour. This development paves the way for neuromorphic as well as non-volatile memory applications. According to the experiment a multitude of different metal-oxide combinations have been investigated in respect to their multi-bit capability.

20/02/2017

ArC ONE enabling cutting-edge bioelectronics research

New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that memristive devices could be the “missing link” in the development of implants that use electrical signals from the brain to help treat medical conditions. Implantable neural interfaces are currently limited in functionality due to bandwidth and power constrains that overall prohibit the up scaling of recording sites. In the experiment, electrophysiological data recorded from a multi-electrode array monitoring a cell culture was passed to the ArC ONE platform.