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Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) are an emerging type of biologically plausible and efficient Artificial Neural Network (ANN). This work presents the development of a hardware accelerator for a SNN for high-performance inference, targeting a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Alessio Carpegna , Alessandro Savino , Stefano Di Carlo

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer an event-driven and more biologically realistic alternative to standard Artificial Neural Networks based on analog information processing. This can potentially enable energy-efficient hardware…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Indranil Chakraborty , Gobinda Saha , Kaushik Roy

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are powerful models of spatiotemporal computation and are well suited for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices and neuromorphic hardware due to their low power consumption. Leveraging attention…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-13 Boxun Xu , Junyoung Hwang , Pruek Vanna-iampikul , Sung Kyu Lim , Peng Li

Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the functionality and efficiency of biological neural systems, holds promise for advancing artificial intelligence and computational paradigms. Resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), thanks to their ability to…

Spiking neurons can perform spatiotemporal feature detection by nonlinear synaptic and dendritic integration of presynaptic spike patterns. Multicompartment models of non-linear dendrites and related neuromorphic circuit designs enable…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Mattias Nilsson , Foteini Liwicki , Fredrik Sandin

The demand for edge artificial intelligence to process event-based, complex data calls for hardware beyond conventional digital, von-Neumann architectures. Neuromorphic computing, using spiking neural networks (SNNs) with emerging…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-09-08 Zhu Wang , Song Wang , Zhiyuan Du , Ruibin Mao , Yu Xiao , Hayden Kwok-Hay So , Peng Lin , Can Li

We theoretically investigate the possibility of generating pulses in an excitable (asymmetric) semiconductor ring laser (SRL) using optical trigger pulses. We show that the phase difference between the injected field and the electric field…

We train spiking deep networks using leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neurons, and achieve state-of-the-art results for spiking networks on the CIFAR-10 and MNIST datasets. This demonstrates that biologically-plausible spiking LIF neurons can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-10-30 Eric Hunsberger , Chris Eliasmith

Due to the ability to implement customized topology, FPGA is increasingly used to deploy SNNs in both embedded and high-performance applications. In this paper, we survey state-of-the-art SNN implementations and their applications on FPGA.…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Murat Isik

The increasing need for intelligent sensors in a wide range of everyday objects requires the existence of low power information processing systems which can operate autonomously in their environment. In particular, merging and processing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Johannes C. Thiele , Olivier Bichler , Antoine Dupret , Sergio Solinas , Giacomo Indiveri

Neuromorphic, or spiking, processors are increasingly being considered for use in harsh, radiation-prone environments such as space and avionics, where energy efficiency and graceful degradation are essential. In this study, we propose and…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Wim Nijsink , Bruno Endres Forlin , Amirreza Yousefzadeh , Marco Ottavi

Neuromorphic computing is henceforth a major research field for both academic and industrial actors. As opposed to Von Neumann machines, brain-inspired processors aim at bringing closer the memory and the computational elements to…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Maxence Bouvier , Alexandre Valentian , Thomas Mesquida , François Rummens , Marina Reyboz , Elisa Vianello , Edith Beigné

Spiking neural networks (SNN) provide a new computational paradigm capable of highly parallelized, real-time processing. Photonic devices are ideal for the design of high-bandwidth, parallel architectures matching the SNN computational…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Luis El Srouji , Yun-Jhu Lee , Mehmet Berkay On , Li Zhang , S. J. Ben Yoo

In the rapid evolution of next-generation brain-inspired artificial intelligence and increasingly sophisticated electromagnetic environment, the most bionic characteristics and anti-interference performance of spiking neural networks show…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Lyuyang Sima , Joseph Bucukovski , Erwan Carlson , Nicole L. Yien

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), inspired by the brain, are characterized by minimal power consumption and swift inference capabilities on neuromorphic hardware, and have been widely applied to various visual perception tasks. Current…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Chengjun Zhang , Yuhao Zhang , Jie Yang , Mohamad Sawan

Traditional neuron models use analog values for information representation and computation, while all-or-nothing spikes are employed in the spiking ones. With a more brain-like processing paradigm, spiking neurons are more promising for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-05 Qiang Yu , Shiming Song , Chenxiang Ma , Linqiang Pan , Kay Chen Tan

Understanding the physical computing mechanisms of individual network nodes is essential for scaling neuromorphic photonic architectures. This work proposes a compact passive nonlinear photonic core based on a Side-Coupled Integrated Spaced…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-06 Giovanni Donati , Stefano Biasi , Lorenzo Pavesi , Antonio Hurtado

Due to the fundamental limit to reducing power consumption of running deep learning models on von-Neumann architecture, research on neuromorphic computing systems based on low-power spiking neural networks using analog neurons is in the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-03 Hanseok Kim , Woo-Seok Choi

The increasing rise in machine learning and deep learning applications is requiring ever more computational resources to successfully meet the growing demands of an always-connected, automated world. Neuromorphic technologies based on…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Philippe Reiter , Geet Rose Jose , Spyridon Bizmpikis , Ionela-Ancuţa Cîrjilă

Spiking neural networks (SNN) are able to learn spatiotemporal features while using less energy, especially on neuromorphic hardware. The most widely used spiking neuron in deep learning is the Leaky Integrate and Fire (LIF) neuron. LIF…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Sidi Yaya Arnaud Yarga , Sean U. N. Wood