Computer, volume 51, issue 3, pages 52-61

Programming Spiking Neural Networks on Intel’s Loihi

Chit-Kwan Lin ¹

Andreas Wild ¹

Gautham N. Chinya ¹

YONGQIANG CAO ¹

MIKE DAVIES ¹

Daniel M. Lavery ¹

Hong Wang ¹

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Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2018-03-01

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Journal: Computer

SJR: 0.803

CiteScore: 3.9

Impact factor: 2

ISSN: 00189162, 15580814

DOI: 10.1109/mc.2018.157113521

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Abstract

Loihi is Intel’s novel, manycore neuromorphic processor and is the first of its kind to feature a microcode-programmable learning engine that enables on-chip training of spiking neural networks (SNNs). The authors present the Loihi toolchain, which consists of an intuitive Python-based API for specifying SNNs, a compiler and runtime for building and executing SNNs on Loihi, and several target platforms (Loihi silicon, FPGA, and functional simulator). To showcase the toolchain, the authors describe how to build, train, and use a SNN to classify handwritten digits from the MNIST database.

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Lin C. et al. Programming Spiking Neural Networks on Intel’s Loihi // Computer. 2018. Vol. 51. No. 3. pp. 52-61.

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Lin C., Wild A., Chinya G. N., CAO Y., DAVIES M., Lavery D. M., Wang H. Programming Spiking Neural Networks on Intel’s Loihi // Computer. 2018. Vol. 51. No. 3. pp. 52-61.

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DO - 10.1109/mc.2018.157113521

UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2018.157113521

TI - Programming Spiking Neural Networks on Intel’s Loihi

T2 - Computer

AU - Lin, Chit-Kwan

AU - Wild, Andreas

AU - Chinya, Gautham N.

AU - CAO, YONGQIANG

AU - DAVIES, MIKE

AU - Lavery, Daniel M.

AU - Wang, Hong

PY - 2018

DA - 2018/03/01

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

SP - 52-61

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@article{2018_Lin,

author = {Chit-Kwan Lin and Andreas Wild and Gautham N. Chinya and YONGQIANG CAO and MIKE DAVIES and Daniel M. Lavery and Hong Wang},

title = {Programming Spiking Neural Networks on Intel’s Loihi},

journal = {Computer},

year = {2018},

volume = {51},

publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},

month = {mar},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2018.157113521},

number = {3},

pages = {52--61},

doi = {10.1109/mc.2018.157113521}

}

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Lin, Chit-Kwan, et al. “Programming Spiking Neural Networks on Intel’s Loihi.” Computer, vol. 51, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2018.157113521.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Journal

Computer

SJR

0.803

CiteScore

3.9

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00189162 (Print)

15580814 (Electronic)