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Neuromorphic Computing

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Neuromorphic computing is an interdisciplinary field that designs computing systems inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. It focuses on creating hardware and software architectures that mimic neural processes to enhance efficiency in processing, learning, and adapting to complex data patterns.
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Neuromorphic computing is an interdisciplinary field that designs computing systems inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. It focuses on creating hardware and software architectures that mimic neural processes to enhance efficiency in processing, learning, and adapting to complex data patterns.

Key research themes

1. How can neuromorphic computing hardware architectures balance brain-inspired efficiency with flexibility for diverse neural network implementations?

This research theme explores the design principles behind neuromorphic hardware that aim to emulate biological neural efficiency, notably integrating memory and computation and leveraging spike-based event-driven processing, while ensuring sufficient programmability and adaptability to support various neuron models, learning algorithms, and connectivity schemes. Addressing the tension between architectural specialization for energy efficiency and computational flexibility is critical for enabling neuromorphic processors to deploy complex, multi-model practical neural applications effectively.

Key finding: This paper underscores the need for co-design of algorithms and hardware in neuromorphic computing to harness brain-inspired spike-based event-driven processing for energy-efficient AI. It highlights challenges including the... Read more
Key finding: The authors provide a comprehensive survey of large-scale neuromorphic hardware projects (e.g., IBM TrueNorth, SpiNNaker, Neurogrid, BrainScaleS), analyzing their architectural trade-offs between biological fidelity,... Read more
Key finding: Presents the SENECA neuromorphic architecture integrating a hierarchical dual-controller system—a flexible RISC-V controller and a specialized Loop Buffer—enabling efficient and programmable execution of various neuron... Read more
Key finding: This work details multiple simulators developed for the DANNA hardware architecture, a digital grid-based neuromorphic processor with reconfigurable neuron and synapse elements. The simulators accommodate the unique... Read more
Key finding: The study introduces a multi-target partitioning strategy for SpiNNaker, a digital many-core neuromorphic platform, optimizing the mapping of spiking neural networks to improve real-time execution and energy efficiency. By... Read more

2. What strategies enable robust and efficient learning on analog and mixed-signal neuromorphic devices with inherent device variability and noise?

Analog and mixed-signal neuromorphic systems promise ultra-low power and real-time spike-based processing by emulating neurobiological mechanisms at the circuit level. However, inherent device mismatch, stochasticity, and manufacturing variations introduce noise and variability, posing challenges for reliable and precise computation. This theme focuses on understanding, modeling, and mitigating the effects of such non-idealities through brain-inspired population coding, balanced network architectures, surrogate gradient training, and self-calibrating learning algorithms. It is crucial for advancing hardware implementations capable of real-world online learning and generalization.

Key finding: This paper shows that brain-inspired neural coding strategies, particularly population coding combined with excitatory-inhibitory balanced networks and winner-take-all architectures, can mitigate computational variability... Read more
Key finding: Demonstrates that in-the-loop training with surrogate gradient methods applied to the BrainScaleS-2 mixed-signal analog neuromorphic platform enables the self-calibration of spiking neural networks, successfully compensating... Read more
Key finding: Presents a differential memory architecture using two-transistor/two-resistor (2T2R) cells with resistive random-access memory that significantly reduces bit errors without conventional error-correcting codes, leveraging... Read more

3. How can neuromorphic computing devices emulate biological synaptic functions to advance brain-inspired learning and memory capabilities?

This theme investigates the physical implementation of biological synapses using memristors, resistive switching devices, and analog VLSI circuits that emulate synaptic plasticity such as spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) and synaptic weight modulation. It examines device-level innovations, analog circuit designs exploiting device mismatch constructively, and integration of synaptic dynamics into scalable hardware architectures. Advancements in this area are critical for enabling real-time adaptive learning on neuromorphic platforms and bridging the gap between artificial neural models and biological neural computations.

Key finding: Introduces a configurable neuromorphic engine composed of identical components that can be dynamically programmed as neurons, learning synapses, or axons with trainable delays, supporting both STDP and spike-timing dependent... Read more
Key finding: Proposes the Trainable Analogue Block (TAB) neuromorphic system employing large populations of neurons with heterogeneous tuning curves generated purposely from device mismatch and systematic offsets. Measurements from 65nm... Read more
Key finding: Demonstrates analog resistive switching behavior emulating synaptic plasticity using Au/NiO nanoparticle/Au devices at room temperature. The device exhibits potentiation and depression under voltage pulse stimulation... Read more
Key finding: Provides a comprehensive review of memristive devices as promising artificial synapses for neuromorphic computing, detailing their properties such as nonvolatility, scalability, and CMOS compatibility. The paper further... Read more

All papers in Neuromorphic Computing

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Memristive crossbar arrays enable in-memory computing by performing parallel analog computations directly within memory, making them well-suited for machine learning, neural networks, and neuromorphic systems. However, despite their... more
Neuromorphic computing offers a promising alternative to traditional von Neumann architectures, especially for applications that require efficient processing in edge environments. The challenge lies in optimizing spiking neural networks... more
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Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) is a bio-inspired local incremental weight update rule commonly used for online learning in spike-based neuromorphic systems. In STDP, the intensity of long-term potentiation and depression in... more
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This study demonstrates the development and experimental validation of low-energy memristor-based logic gates, focusing on NOT and NOR gate designs. These designs utilize n-to µA current sources for writing and reading operations,... more
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to change the nature of human-machine interaction, particularly in healthcare and IoT applications. However, challenges such as poor signal fidelity, energy consumption and removal of... more
This paper reframes consciousness not as a symbolic narrative but as a structured, recursive coherence field. It argues that symbols are secondary compression artifacts, and that true cognition arises from phase-locked resonance between... more
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We propose a novel training method named hardware-conscious software training (HCST) for deep neural network inference accelerators to recover the accuracy degradation due to their hardware imperfections. Existing approaches to the issue,... more
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Neuromorphic computing devices leveraging HfO 2 and ZrO 2 materials have recently garnered significant attention due to their potential for brain-inspired computing systems. In this study, we present a novel trilayer Pt/HfO 2 /ZrO 2-x... more
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