SpiNNaker
| SpiNNaker: Spiking Neural Network Architecture | |
|---|---|
| Mission statement | novel computer architecture inspired by the working of the human brain |
| Founder | Steve Furber |
| Website | spinnaker |
SpiNNaker (Spiking Neural Network Architecture) is a manycore computer architecture designed by the Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group (APT) at the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, led by Steve Furber, to simulate the human brain.(see Human Brain Project). It is planned to use 1 million ARM processors (currently .5 million)[1] in a massively parallel computing platform based on spiking neural networks.[2][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
The completed design is to be housed in 10 19-inch racks each rack holds 100,000 cores[11] the cards themselves holding the chips are held in 5 Blade enclosures and each chip emulates 1000 Neurons.[11]
SpiNNaker is being used as one component of the Neuromorphic Computing Platform for the Human Brain Project.[12][13]
See Also
- TrueNorth, a processor architecture designed solely for spiking neural networks.
References
- ↑ Steve Furber interviewed on BBC Click
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- ↑ A million ARM cores to host brain simulator News article on the project in the EE Times
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A manifesto for the SpiNNaker project, surveying and reviewing the general level of understanding of brain function and approaches to building computer modelof the brain.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A description of the Globally Asynchronous, Locally Synchronous (GALS) nature of SpiNNaker, with an overview of the asynchronous communications hardware designed to transmit neural 'spikes' between processors.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Modelling and analysis of the SpiNNaker interconnect in a million-core machine, showing the suitability of the packet-switched network for large-scale spiking neural network simulation.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A demonstration of SpiNNaker's ability to simulate different neural models (simultaneously, if necessary) in contrast to other neuromorphic hardware.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Four-chip, real-time simulation of a four-million-synapse cortical circuit, showing the extreme energy efficiency of the SpiNNaker architecture
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Video interview by computerphile with Steve Furber
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