Connectionists: Request for info related to hardware for perceptrons

[barto]

Dear Professor Smith,

Perhaps you are thinking of Bernard Widrow’s memristor.  Here is aWikipedia article about it:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memistor

Sincerely,
A. Barto


> On Dec 18, 2021, at 6:59 AM, Prof Leslie Smith <l.s.smith at cs.stir.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Dear all:
> 
> I'm writing a paper on hardware for Neural networks, and I recollect that
> in the 1960's there was a discrete-transistor-sized adaptive resistor
> developed for perceptrons, possibly by Rosenblatt. I can't find any record
> of it, or anything in USPTO: can anyone supply me with a link or a paper
> on it?
> 
> with much thanks (and apologies too: I can't currently get into my office
> to look at my old papers)
> 
> --Leslie Smith
> 
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