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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

Convolutional networks for fast, energy-efficient neuromorphic computing.

Steven K Esser, Paul A Merolla, John V Arthur, Andrew S Cassidy, Rathinakumar Appuswamy, Alexander Andreopoulos, David J Berg, Jeffrey L McKinstry, Timothy Melano, Davis R Barch and 6 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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108citing papers in PubMed
57.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

108 citing papers in PubMed, 782 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steven K EsserBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120 sesser@us.ibm.com.
Paul A MerollaBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
John V ArthurBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Andrew S CassidyBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Rathinakumar AppuswamyBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Alexander AndreopoulosBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
David J BergBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Jeffrey L McKinstryBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Timothy MelanoBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Davis R BarchBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Carmelo di NolfoBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Pallab DattaBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Arnon AmirBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Brian TabaBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Myron D FlicknerBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
Dharmendra S ModhaBrain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120.
IBM (United States) · USIBM Research - Almaden · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep networks are now able to achieve human-level performance on a broad spectrum of recognition tasks. Independently, neuromorphic computing has now demonstrated unprecedented energy-efficiency through a new chip architecture based on spiking neurons, low precision synapses, and a scalable communication network. Here, we demonstrate that neuromorphic computing, despite its novel architectural primitives, can implement deep convolution networks that (i) approach state-of-the-art classification accuracy across eight standard datasets encompassing vision and speech, (ii) perform inference while preserving the hardware's underlying energy-efficiency and high throughput, running on the aforementioned datasets at between 1,200 and 2,600 frames/s and using between 25 and 275 mW (effectively >6,000 frames/s per Watt), and (iii) can be specified and trained using backpropagation with the same ease-of-use as contemporary deep learning. This approach allows the algorithmic power of deep learning to be merged with the efficiency of neuromorphic processors, bringing the promise of embedded, intelligent, brain-inspired computing one step closer.

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convolutional networkneural networkneuromorphicTrueNorth

Identifiers

PMID27651489
PMCPMC5068316
OpenAlexW2314470091

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