In one embodiment, a system includes one or more electronic neurons and one or more electronic axons. Each neuron is connected to at least one electronic axon via an electronic synapse, and at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to store information in a membrane potential thereof and/or at least one of the one or more electronic axons is configured to store information in an axon delay buffer thereof to act as a memory. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes storing information to a memory comprising electronic neurons and electronic axons. Information is stored in either a membrane potential of at least one of the electronic neurons or in an axon delay buffer of at least one of the electronic axons. Also, each neuron is connected to at least one electronic axon via an electronic synapse.
Please help me write a proper abstract based on the patent claims. CLAIM: 1. A system, comprising: one or more electronic neurons; and one or more electronic axons, wherein each neuron is connected to at least one electronic axon via an electronic synapse, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to store information in a membrane potential thereof and/or at least one of the one or more electronic axons is configured to store information in an axon delay buffer thereof to act as a memory. 2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic axons is an input axon, each input axon being configured to pass information to at least one of the one or more electronic neurons to store in the membrane potential thereof. 3. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is an output neuron configured to output information stored in the membrane potential of at least one of the one or more electronic neurons in the memory. 4. The system as recited in claim 3, comprising a recurrence mechanism configured to duplicate information output by the output neuron and send the duplicated information to one or more input axons. 5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic axons is a recurrent connection to at least one of the one or more electronic neurons configured to store information in the axon delay buffer thereof. 6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic axons is a control axon, each control axon being configured to control read processing or write processing of the memory. 7. The system as recited in claim 6, wherein the at least one control axon is configured to perform a task selected from a group consisting of: trigger information to be read from at least one of the one or more electronic neurons in the memory; trigger information to be stored to at least one of the one or more electronic neurons in the memory; set an electronic neuron into a bursting state where the electronic neuron outputs a burst code representation of a value stored in the memory; set an electronic neuron into a waiting state where the electronic neuron does not generate an output spike; and set an electronic neuron into an off state where the electronic neuron is guaranteed to not output a spike regardless of any input provided to the electronic neuron. 8. The system as recited in claim 1, comprising a binary pass gate neuron configured to selectively allow and disallow access to the memory. 9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to write binary-coded information to the memory, store the binary-coded information, and read the binary-coded information from the memory. 10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to write rate-coded information to the memory, store the rate-coded information, and read the rate-coded information from the memory. 11. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein more than one of the one or more electronic neurons are configured to write multi-valued information to the memory, store the multi-valued information, and read the multi-valued information from the memory. 12. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to fire continuously with a user-specified deterministic rate code. 13. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to fire stochastically with a probability that is proportional to the membrane potential of the at least one of the one or more electronic neurons. 14. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory continuously represents a stored value of the information. 15. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to: receive probing prior to representing a stored value of the information; and represent the stored value in response to receiving the probing. 16. The system as recited in claim 1, with a proviso that the information is not stored in any electronic synapses. 17. A computer-implemented method, comprising: storing information to a memory comprising one or more electronic neurons and one or more electronic axons, wherein information is stored in either a membrane potential of at least one of the one or more electronic neurons or in an axon delay buffer of at least one of the one or more electronic axons, and wherein each neuron is connected to at least one electronic axon via an electronic synapse. 18. The method as recited in claim 17, comprising: passing information to at least one of the one or more electronic neurons to store in the memory via at least one input axon; and outputting information stored to the at least one of the one or more electronic neurons in the memory via an output neuron. 19. The method as recited in claim 18, comprising: duplicating information output by the output neuron via a recurrence mechanism; and sending the duplicated information to one or more input axons. 20. The method as recited in claim 18, comprising: controlling read processing or write processing of the memory using at least one control axon; and performing a task, using the at least one control axon, selected from a group consisting of: triggering information to be read from at least one of the one or more electronic neurons in the memory; triggering information to be stored to at least one of the one or more electronic neurons in the memory; setting an electronic neuron into a bursting state where the electronic neuron outputs a burst code representation of a value stored in the memory; setting an electronic neuron into a waiting state where the electronic neuron does not generate an output spike; and setting an electronic neuron into an off state where the electronic neuron is guaranteed to not output a spike regardless of any input provided to the electronic neuron. 21. The method as recited in claim 17, comprising selectively allowing and disallowing access to the memory via a binary pass gate neuron. 22. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the information is selected from a group consisting of: binary-coded information, rate-coded information, and multi-valued information. 23. The method as recited in claim 17, comprising: firing the one or more electronic neurons continuously with a user-specified deterministic rate code; or firing the one or more electronic neurons stochastically with a probability that is proportional to the membrane potential of the one or more electronic neurons. 24. The method as recited in claim 17, comprising: receiving probing prior to representing a stored value of the information; and representing the stored value in response to receiving the probing. 25. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic axons is a recurrent connection to at least one of the one or more electronic neurons configured to store information in the axon delay buffer thereof.