An artificial ionic neuron for tomorrow’s electronic memories

Artificial neuron prototype: nanofluidic slits can play the role of ion channels and allow neurons to communicate. Ion clusters achieve the ion transport that causes this communication. Paul Robin, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS (CNRS/ENS-PSL/Sorbonne Université/Université de Paris). Artificial intelligence surpasses the human brain only at the cost of consuming tens of thousands of times more energy. A major difference between the brain and electronic systems is that neurons use ions, not electrons, to carry information. French scientists have designed theoretical artificial neurons with ions to carry the information. Brain-inspired electronics are the subject of intense research.