Survey on activation functions for optical neural networks

O Destras, S Le Beux, FG De Magalhães… - ACM Computing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Integrated photonics arises as a fast and energy-efficient technology for the implementation
of artificial neural networks (ANNs). Indeed, with the growing interest in ANNs, photonics …

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 …

SpiNNaker: mapping neural networks onto a massively-parallel chip multiprocessor

MM Khan, DR Lester, LA Plana, A Rast… - … Joint Conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SpiNNaker is a novel chip-based on the ARM processor-which is designed to support large
scale spiking neural networks simulations. In this paper we describe some of the features …

Architecture, system and method for artificial neural network implementation

M Moussa, A Savich, S Areibi - US Patent 8,103,606, 2012 - Google Patents
An architecture, systems and methods for a scalable artificial neural network, wherein the
architecture includes: an input layer; at least one hidden layer; an output layer; and a …

A new classification approach for neural networks hardware: from standards chips to embedded systems on chip

N Izeboudjen, C Larbes, A Farah - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to propose a new classification approach of artificial neural networks
hardware. Our motivation behind this work is justified by the following two arguments: first …

Tailoring wideband signals with a photonic hardware accelerator

B Jalali, A Mahjoubfar - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital hardware accelerators are increasingly employed to speed up computation and
reduce power dissipation, enabling real-time operation. Inspired by this paradigm, we …

Architecture, system and method for artificial neural network implementation

M Moussa, A Savich, S Areibi - US Patent 8,468,109, 2013 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for a scalable artificial neural network, wherein the
architecture includes: an input layer; at least one hidden layer; an output layer; and a …

[PDF][PDF] A prototyping platform for dynamically reconfigurable system on chip designs

H Kalte, M Porrmann, U Rückert - Proceedings of the IEEE workshop …, 2002 - lsi.usp.br
This paper presents a flexible modular rapid prototyping environment for microelectronic
system and circuit designs. The prototyping hardware consists of a PCI bus motherboard …

Scalable event-driven native parallel processing: the SpiNNaker neuromimetic system

AD Rast, X Jin, F Galluppi, LA Plana… - Proceedings of the 7th …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Neural networks present a fundamentally different model of computation from the
conventional sequential digital model. Modelling large networks on conventional hardware …

Synaptic plasticity in spiking neural networks (SP/sup 2/INN): a system approach

N Mehrtash, D Jung, HH Hellmich… - IEEE transactions on …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a digital system called (SP/sup 2/INN) for simulating very large-
scale spiking neural networks (VLSNNs) comprising, eg, 1000000 neurons with several …