title: Neuron array with plastic synapses and programmable dendrites.
abstract: We describe a novel neuromorphic chip architecture that models neurons for efficient computation. Traditional architectures of neuron array chips consist of large scale systems that are interfaced with AER for implementing intra- or inter-chip connectivity. We present a chip that uses AER for inter-chip communication but uses fast, reconfigurable FPGA-style routing with local memory for intra-chip connectivity. We model neurons with biologically realistic channel models, synapses and dendrites. This chip is suitable for small-scale network simulations and can also be used for sequence detection, utilizing directional selectivity properties of dendrites, ultimately for use in word recognition.
authors.forename: Shubha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wunderlich
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasler
authors.forename: Suma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology*; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010969:Plastics; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics