The SpiNNaker Project
The SpiNNaker Project
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DOI：
10.1109/jproc.2014.2304638
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
20.6
通讯作者：
Plana, Luis A.
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作者：
Furber, Steve B.;Galluppi, Francesco;Plana, Luis A.
尖峰神经网络架构（SpiNNaker）项目旨在提供一个大规模并行百万核计算机，其互连架构的灵感来自于哺乳动物大脑的连接特性，并且适合于在生物真实的时间内对大规模尖峰神经网络进行建模。具体地，互连允许传输非常大量的非常小的数据分组，每个数据分组明确地传达单个神经动作电位或“尖峰”的源，并且隐含地传达单个神经动作电位或“尖峰”的时间。在本文中，我们回顾了该项目的当前状态，该项目已经交付了多达2500个处理器的系统，并提出了实时事件驱动编程模型，该模型支持灵活访问机器资源，并使其能够被世界各地的合作者广泛使用。
The spiking neural network architecture (SpiNNaker) project aims to deliver a massively parallel million-core computer whose interconnect architecture is inspired by the connectivity characteristics of the mammalian brain, and which is suited to the modeling of large-scale spiking neural networks in biological real time. Specifically, the interconnect allows the transmission of a very large number of very small data packets, each conveying explicitly the source, and implicitly the time, of a single neural action potential or "spike.'' In this paper, we review the current state of the project, which has already delivered systems with up to 2500 processors, and present the real-time event-driven programming model that supports flexible access to the resources of the machine and has enabled its use by a wide range of collaborators around the world.