A survey of neuromorphic computing and neural networks in hardware

CD Schuman, TE Potok, RM Patton, JD Birdwell… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
Neuromorphic computing has come to refer to a variety of brain-inspired computers, devices,
and models that contrast the pervasive von Neumann computer architecture. This …

Spike-based synaptic plasticity in silicon: design, implementation, application, and challenges

MR Azghadi, N Iannella, SF Al-Sarawi… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to carry out signal processing, classification, recognition, and computation in
artificial spiking neural networks (SNNs) is mediated by their synapses. In particular, through …

Memristor emulator with spike-timing-dependent-plasticity

Y Babacan, F Kaçar - AEU-International Journal of Electronics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel fully floating memristor circuit that accounts for the Spike Timing-Dependent
Plasticity (STDP) mechanism is presented in this paper. This proposed circuit does not need …

Unsupervised character recognition with a simplified FPGA neuromorphic system

C Lammie, T Hamilton… - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neuromorphic hardware platforms have demonstrated significant promise in cognitive tasks
such as visual processing and classification. These platforms usually consist of several …

A neuromorphic VLSI design for spike timing and rate based synaptic plasticity

MR Azghadi, S Al-Sarawi, D Abbott, N Iannella - Neural Networks, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Triplet-based Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (TSTDP) is a powerful synaptic
plasticity rule that acts beyond conventional pair-based STDP (PSTDP). Here, the TSTDP is …

Triplet spike time-dependent plasticity in a floating-gate synapse

R Gopalakrishnan, A Basu - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Synapse plays an important role in learning in a neural network; the learning rules that
modify the synaptic strength based on the timing difference between the preand …

Tunable low energy, compact and high performance neuromorphic circuit for spike-based synaptic plasticity

M Rahimi Azghadi, N Iannella, S Al-Sarawi, D Abbott - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Cortical circuits in the brain have long been recognised for their information processing
capabilities and have been studied both experimentally and theoretically via spiking neural …

Digital realization of PSTDP and TSTDP learning

S Gomar, M Ahmadi - 2018 International Joint Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents low cost, accurate and configurable digital circuits for pair-based and
triplet-based STDP learning models, and the proposed architectures are compared with the …

Efficient design of triplet based spike-timing dependent plasticity

MR Azghadi, S Al-Sarawi, N Iannella… - The 2012 International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) is believed to play an important role in learning
and the formation of computational function in the brain. The classical model of STDP which …

Design and implementation of BCM rule based on spike-timing dependent plasticity

MR Azghadi, S Al-Sarawi, N Iannella… - The 2012 International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Bienenstock-Cooper-Munro (BCM) and Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) rules
are two experimentally verified form of synaptic plasticity where the alteration of synaptic …