Spinnaker: a neuromorphic platform to model largescale spiking neural networks in biological real time

Abstract

In this talk SpiNNaker will be presented, a brain-inspired million-core computer whose interconnect architecture is inspired by the connectivity characteristics of the mammalian brain, and which is suited to the modelling of large-scale spiking neural networks in biological real time. The motivations that led to the design and construction of the machine as well as the architectural decisions made in the process will be discussed. The system software and the eventdriven programming model developed for the machine will be also described. Finally, some interesting applications that have run on SpiNNaker will be shown.