title: CAVIAR: a 45k neuron, 5M synapse, 12G connects/s AER hardware sensory-processing- learning-actuating system for high-speed visual object recognition and tracking.
abstract: This paper describes CAVIAR, a massively parallel hardware implementation of a spike-based sensing-processing-learning-actuating system inspired by the physiology of the nervous system. CAVIAR uses the asychronous address-event representation (AER) communication framework and was developed in the context of a European Union funded project. It has four custom mixed-signal AER chips, five custom digital AER interface components, 45k neurons (spiking cells), up to 5M synapses, performs 12G synaptic operations per second, and achieves millisecond object recognition and tracking latencies.
authors.affiliation: Austriamicrosystems, Valencia, Spain. rserrano@imse.cnm.es
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Serrano-Gotarredona
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oster
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lichtsteiner
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linares-Barranco
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paz-Vicente
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gomez-Rodriguez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camunas-Mesa
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berner
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivas-Perez
authors.forename: Tobi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Delbruck
authors.forename: Shih-Chii
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hafliger
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jimenez-Moreno
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Civit Ballcels
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Serrano-Gotarredona
authors.forename: Antonio J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Acosta-Jimenez
authors.forename: Bernabé
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Linares-Barranco
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology