Live demonstration: Simulator-like exploration of cortical network architectures with a mixed-signal VLSI system

Abstract

We will set up a fully functional system consisting of a custom design hardware framework (Figures 1 and 2) with the neural network chips described in the appended 4-page paper, Section II-A. The framework is connected digitally to a host PC, on which we will run a software that provides the simulator-like, flexible and non-expert usability of the neuromorphic device as described in the appended paper, Section II-B. We will also connect an oscilloscope via which arbitrarily selectable neuron membranes or other analog parameters can be recorded directly from the chips.