Towards spike-based machine intelligence with neuromorphic computing.

Journal: Nature
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Abstract

Guided by brain-like 'spiking' computational frameworks, neuromorphic computing-brain-inspired computing for machine intelligence-promises to realize artificial intelligence while reducing the energy requirements of computing platforms. This interdisciplinary field began with the implementation of silicon circuits for biological neural routines, but has evolved to encompass the hardware implementation of algorithms with spike-based encoding and event-driven representations. Here we provide an overview of the developments in neuromorphic computing for both algorithms and hardware and highlight the fundamentals of learning and hardware frameworks. We discuss the main challenges and the future prospects of neuromorphic computing, with emphasis on algorithm-hardware codesign.

Authors

  • Kaushik Roy
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
  • Akhilesh Jaiswal
    Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Priyadarshini Panda