Training an ising machine with equilibrium propagation

J Laydevant, D Marković, J Grollier - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Ising machines, which are hardware implementations of the Ising model of coupled spins,
have been influential in the development of unsupervised learning algorithms at the origins …

CMOS plus stochastic nanomagnets enabling heterogeneous computers for probabilistic inference and learning

NS Singh, K Kobayashi, Q Cao, K Selcuk, T Hu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Extending Moore's law by augmenting complementary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
transistors with emerging nanotechnologies (X) has become increasingly important. One …

Spintronic foundation cells for large-scale integration

Q Shao, K Garello, J Tang - Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 2024 - nature.com
The convergence of spintronics and traditional semiconductor technology marks a critical
juncture in the evolution of computing architectures, for which the development of foundation …

Computing with oscillators from theoretical underpinnings to applications and demonstrators

A Todri-Sanial, C Delacour, M Abernot… - Npj unconventional …, 2024 - nature.com
Networks of coupled oscillators have far-reaching implications across various fields,
providing insights into a plethora of dynamics. This review offers an in-depth overview of …

Stochastic logic in biased coupled photonic probabilistic bits

M Horodynski, C Roques-Carmes, Y Salamin… - Communications …, 2025 - nature.com
Optical computing often employs tailor-made hardware to implement specific algorithms,
trading generality for improved performance in key aspects like speed and power efficiency …

Many-body effects-based invertible logic with a simple energy landscape and high accuracy

Y He, C Fang, S Luo, G Liang - IEEE Journal on Exploratory …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by many-body effects, we propose a novel design for Boltzmann machine (BM)-
based invertible logic (IL) using probabilistic bits (p-bits). A CMOS-based XNOR gate is …

Restricted Boltzmann Machines Implemented by Spin–Orbit Torque Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

X Li, C Wan, R Zhang, M Zhao, S Xiong, D Kong… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Artificial intelligence has surged forward with the advent of generative models, which rely
heavily on stochastic computing architectures enhanced by true random number generators …

Self-stabilized true random number generator based on spin–orbit torque magnetic tunnel junctions without calibration

YQ Xu, XH Li, R Zhang, CH Wan, YZ Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)-based true random number generators (TRNG), which are
promisingly utilized as hardware accelerators for probabilistic computing, may suffer intrinsic …

Noise-augmented chaotic Ising machines for combinatorial optimization and sampling

K Lee, S Chowdhury, KY Camsari - Communications Physics, 2025 - nature.com
Ising machines are hardware accelerators for combinatorial optimization and probabilistic
sampling, using stochasticity to explore spin configurations and avoid local minima. We …

Training of Physical Neural Networks

A Momeni, B Rahmani, B Scellier, LG Wright… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Physical neural networks (PNNs) are a class of neural-like networks that leverage the
properties of physical systems to perform computation. While PNNs are so far a niche …