Neuromorphic engineering aims to create computing hardware that mimics biological nervous systems, and it is expected to play a key role in the next era of hardware development. Carver Mead recounts how it all began.
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Mead, C. How we created neuromorphic engineering. Nat Electron 3, 434–435 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-020-0448-2
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