SpiNNaker 2: A 10 million core processor system for brain simulation and machine learning

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Abstract

SpiNNaker is an ARM-based processor platform optimized for the simulation of spiking neural networks. This brief describes the roadmap in going from the current SPINNaker1 system, a 1 Million core machine in 130nm CMOS, to SpiN-Naker2, a 10 Million core machine in 22nm FDSOI. Apart from pure scaling, we will take advantage of specific technology features, such as runtime adaptive body biasing, to deliver cutting-edge power consumption. Power management of the cores allows a wide range of workload adaptivity, i.e. processor power scales with the complexity and activity of the spiking network. Additional numerical accelerators will enhance the utility of SpiNNaker2 for simulation of spiking neural networks as well as for executing conventional deep neural networks. These measures should increase the simulation capacity of the machine by a factor >50. The interplay between the two domains, i.e. spiking and rate based, will provide an interesting field for algorithm exploration on SpiNNaker2. Apart from the platforms' traditional usage as a neuroscience exploration tool, the extended functionality opens up new application areas such as automotive AI, tactile internet, industry 4.0 and biomedical processing.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunicating Process Architectures 2017 and 2018, WoTUG-39 and WoTUG-40 - Proceedings of CPA 2017 (WoTUG-39) and Proceedings of CPA 2018 (WoTUG-40)
EditorsJan Baekgaard Pedersen, Kevin Chalmers, Jan F. Broenink, Brian Vinter, Kevin Vella, Peter H. Welch, Marc L. Smith, Kenneth Skovhede
PublisherIOS Press
Pages277-280
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)9781614999485
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesConcurrent Systems Engineering Series
Volume70
ISSN1383-7575

Conference

Title39th WoTUG Conference on Communicating Process Architectures, CPA 2017 and 40th WoTUG Conference on Communicating Process Architectures, CPA 2018
Duration19 - 22 August 2018
CityDresden
CountryGermany

Keywords

Keywords

  • 22nm FDSOI, MPSoC, Neuromorphic computing, Numerical accelerators, Power management, SpiNNaker2