SpiNNaker

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SpiNNaker: spiking neural network architecture
Neuromorphic
Release date2019
CPUARM968E-S @ 200 MHz
Memory7 TB
SuccessorSpiNNaker 2[1]
Websiteapt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/projects/SpiNNaker/

SpiNNaker (spiking neural network architecture) is a

spiking neural networks, useful in simulating the human brain (see Human Brain Project).[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

The completed design is housed in 10 19-inch racks, with each rack holding over 100,000 cores.[13] The cards holding the chips are held in 5 blade enclosures, and each core emulates 1,000 neurons.[13] In total, the goal is to simulate the behaviour of aggregates of up to a billion neurons in real time.[14] This machine requires about 100 kW from a 240 V supply and an air-conditioned environment.[15]

SpiNNaker is being used as one component of the neuromorphic computing platform for the Human Brain Project.[16][17]

On 14 October 2018 the HBP announced that the million core milestone had been achieved.[18][19]

On 24 September 2019 HBP announced that an 8 million euro grant, that will fund construction of the second generation machine, (called SpiNNcloud) has been given to TU Dresden.[20]

References

  1. S2CID 84186422
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  2. ^ Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group
  3. ^ "SpiNNaker Project - The SpiNNaker Chip". apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ SpiNNaker Home Page, University of Manchester, retrieved 11 June 2012
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  7. ^ A million ARM cores to host brain simulator Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine News article on the project in the EE Times
  8. PMID 17251143
    . A manifesto for the SpiNNaker project, surveying and reviewing the general level of understanding of brain function and approaches to building computer modelof the brain.
  9. . A description of the Globally Asynchronous, Locally Synchronous (GALS) nature of SpiNNaker, with an overview of the asynchronous communications hardware designed to transmit neural 'spikes' between processors.
  10. . Modelling and analysis of the SpiNNaker interconnect in a million-core machine, showing the suitability of the packet-switched network for large-scale spiking neural network simulation.
  11. . A demonstration of SpiNNaker's ability to simulate different neural models (simultaneously, if necessary) in contrast to other neuromorphic hardware.
  12. . Four-chip, real-time simulation of a four-million-synapse cortical circuit, showing the extreme energy efficiency of the SpiNNaker architecture
  13. ^ a b Video interview by computerphile with Steve Furber
  14. ^ "SpiNNaker Project - Architectural Overview". apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  15. ^ "SpiNNaker Project - Boards and Machines". apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  16. PMID 24139655
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  18. ^ "SpiNNaker brain simulation project hits one million cores on a single machine". Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  19. ^ Petrut Bogdan (14 October 2018), SpiNNaker: 1 million core neuromorphic platform, retrieved 19 October 2018
  20. ^ "Second Generation SpiNNaker Neuromorphic Supercomputer to be Built at TU Dresden - News". www.humanbrainproject.eu. Retrieved 2 October 2019.