Live demonstration: Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling for neuromorphic many-core systems

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Abstract

We present a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling technique within SoCs for per-core power management: the architecture allows for individual, self triggered performance-level scaling of the processing elements (PEs) within less than 100ns. This technique enables each core to adjust its local supply voltage and frequency depending on its current computational load. A test chip has been implemented in 28nm CMOS technology, as prototype of the SpiNNaker2 neuromorphic many core system, containing 4 PEs which are operational within the range of 1.1V down to 0.7V at frequencies from 666MHz down to 100MHz; The particular domain area of this application specific processor is real-time neuromorphics. Using a standard benchmark - the synfire chain - we show that the total power consumption can be reduced by 45%, with 85% baseline power reduction and a 30% reduction of energy per neuron and synapse computation, all while maintaining biological real-time operation.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (elektronisch)9781467368520
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 25 Sept. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN0271-4310

Konferenz

TitelIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2017
KurztitelISCAS 2017
Veranstaltungsnummer50
Dauer28 - 31 Mai 2017
StadtBaltimore
LandUSA/Vereinigte Staaten

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-6286-5064/work/160048718

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Schlagwörter

  • DVFS, MPSoC, neuromorphic computing, power management, synfire chain