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Large language models (LLMs) deliver impressive performance but require large amounts of energy. In this work, we present a MatMul-free LLM architecture adapted for Intel's neuromorphic processor, Loihi 2. Our approach leverages Loihi 2's…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Steven Abreu , Sumit Bam Shrestha , Rui-Jie Zhu , Jason Eshraghian

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) promise orders-of-magnitude efficiency gains by communicating with sparse, event-driven spikes rather than dense numerical activations. However, most training pipelines either rely on surrogate-gradient…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Arman Ferdowsi , Atakan Aral

Applications in robotics or other size-, weight- and power-constrained autonomous systems at the edge often require real-time and low-energy solutions to large optimization problems. Event-based and memory-integrated neuromorphic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Ashish Rao Mangalore , Gabriel Andres Fonseca Guerra , Sumedh R. Risbud , Philipp Stratmann , Andreas Wild

The rising demand for energy-efficient edge AI systems (e.g., mobile agents/robots) has increased the interest in neuromorphic computing, since it offers ultra-low power/energy AI computation through spiking neural network (SNN) algorithms…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Rachmad Vidya Wicaksana Putra , Pasindu Wickramasinghe , Muhammad Shafique

Edge AI applications increasingly require ultra-low-power, low-latency inference. Neuromorphic computing based on event-driven spiking neural networks (SNNs) offers an attractive path, but practical deployment on resource-constrained…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Olaf Yunus Laitinen Imanov , Derya Umut Kulali , Taner Yilmaz , Duygu Erisken , Rana Irem Turhan

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) implemented on neuromorphic processors (NPs) can enhance the energy efficiency of deployments of artificial intelligence (AI) for specific workloads. As such, NP represents an interesting opportunity for…

Reservoir computing is a promising approach for harnessing the computational power of recurrent neural networks while dramatically simplifying training. This paper investigates the application of integrate-and-fire neurons within reservoir…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Samip Karki , Diego Chavez Arana , Andrew Sornborger , Francesco Caravelli

Autonomous Driving (AD) related features provide new forms of mobility that are also beneficial for other kind of intelligent and autonomous systems like robots, smart transportation, and smart industries. For these applications, the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-07-02 Alberto Viale , Alberto Marchisio , Maurizio Martina , Guido Masera , Muhammad Shafique

Sparse and asynchronous sensing and processing in natural organisms lead to ultra low-latency and energy-efficient perception. Event cameras, known as neuromorphic vision sensors, are designed to mimic these characteristics. However, fully…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Junjie Jiang , Delei Kong , Chenming Hu , Zheng Fang

The rise of mobility, IoT and wearables has shifted processing to the edge of the sensors, driven by the need to reduce latency, communication costs and overall energy consumption. While deep learning models have achieved remarkable results…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-25 Caterina Caccavella , Federico Paredes-Vallés , Marco Cannici , Lyes Khacef

The capabilities of natural neural systems have inspired new generations of machine learning algorithms as well as neuromorphic very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits capable of fast, low-power information processing. However, it has…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Alpha Renner , Forrest Sheldon , Anatoly Zlotnik , Louis Tao , Andrew Sornborger

Neuromorphic hardware has several promising advantages compared to von Neumann architectures and is highly interesting for robot control. However, despite the high speed and energy efficiency of neuromorphic computing, algorithms utilizing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Carlo Michaelis , Andrew B. Lehr , Christian Tetzlaff

Energy-efficient simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is crucial for mobile robots exploring unknown environments. The mammalian brain solves SLAM via a network of specialized neurons, exhibiting asynchronous computations and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-20 Guangzhi Tang , Arpit Shah , Konstantinos P. Michmizos

This paper explores the synergistic potential of neuromorphic and edge computing to create a versatile machine learning (ML) system tailored for processing data captured by dynamic vision sensors. We construct and train hybrid models,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-12 James Seekings , Peyton Chandarana , Mahsa Ardakani , MohammadReza Mohammadi , Ramtin Zand

Thanks to their parallel and sparse activity features, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are well-suited for hardware implementation in low-power neuromorphic hardware. However, mapping rate-based RNNs to hardware-compatible spiking neural…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Gauthier Boeshertz , Giacomo Indiveri , Manu Nair , Alpha Renner

In an attempt to follow biological information representation and organization principles, the field of neuromorphic engineering is usually approached bottom-up, from the biophysical models to large-scale integration in silico. While ideal…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Charlotte Frenkel , Jean-Didier Legat , David Bol

High-level frameworks for spiking neural networks are a key factor for fast prototyping and efficient development of complex algorithms. Such frameworks have emerged in the last years for traditional computers, but programming neuromorphic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Carlo Michaelis

Neuromorphic vision made significant progress in recent years, thanks to the natural match between spiking neural networks and event data in terms of biological inspiration, energy savings, latency and memory use for dynamic visual data…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Amélie Gruel , Pierre Lewden , Adrien F. Vincent , Sylvain Saïghi

As robots become smarter and more ubiquitous, optimizing the power consumption of intelligent compute becomes imperative towards ensuring the sustainability of technological advancements. Neuromorphic computing hardware makes use of…

Performing optimization with event-based asynchronous neuromorphic systems presents significant challenges. Intel's neuromorphic computing framework, Lava, offers an abstract application programming interface designed for constructing…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Shay Snyder , Sumedh R. Risbud , Maryam Parsa