The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate has a rich history of developing advanced computing technology for the warfighter guiding emerging technologies from the laboratory to the field. Memristors, also known as resistive random-access memory, is one such computing technology. This paper details AFRL's technical maturation of memristors for neuromorphic computing from early concept through device fabrication and architectural implementation using a combination of in-house programs, contractual efforts, and collaborative partnerships. It additionally explores recent DoD architectural advancements to further enable low size, weight, and power computationally efficient intelligent computing at the edge.
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