Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25972778›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2015

A reconfigurable on-line learning spiking neuromorphic processor comprising 256 neurons and 128K synapses.

Ning Qiao, Hesham Mostafa, Federico Corradi, Marc Osswald, Fabio Stefanini, Dora Sumislawska, Giacomo Indiveri

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Biological fidelity: The engine driving the neuromorphic renaissance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  12. Biohybrid Computing with Proteinoids and Algae.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review

51 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ning QiaoInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.
Hesham MostafaInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.
Federico CorradiInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.
Marc OsswaldInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.
Fabio StefaniniInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.
Dora SumislawskaInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.
Giacomo IndiveriInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implementing compact, low-power artificial neural processing systems with real-time on-line learning abilities is still an open challenge. In this paper we present a full-custom mixed-signal VLSI device with neuromorphic learning circuits that emulate the biophysics of real spiking neurons and dynamic synapses for exploring the properties of computational neuroscience models and for building brain-inspired computing systems. The proposed architecture allows the on-chip configuration of a wide range of network connectivities, including recurrent and deep networks, with short-term and long-term plasticity. The device comprises 128 K analog synapse and 256 neuron circuits with biologically plausible dynamics and bi-stable spike-based plasticity mechanisms that endow it with on-line learning abilities. In addition to the analog circuits, the device comprises also asynchronous digital logic circuits for setting different synapse and neuron properties as well as different network configurations. This prototype device, fabricated using a 180 nm 1P6M CMOS process, occupies an area of 51.4 mm(2), and consumes approximately 4 mW for typical experiments, for example involving attractor networks. Here we describe the details of the overall architecture and of the individual circuits and present experimental results that showcase its potential. By supporting a wide range of cortical-like computational modules comprising plasticity mechanisms, this device will enable the realization of intelligent autonomous systems with on-line learning capabilities.

Indexed as

analog VLSIasynchronousattractor networkbrain-inspired computingreal-timespike-based learningSpike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP)Winner-Take-All (WTA)

Identifiers

PMID25972778
PMCPMC4413675

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.