NDLI: A VLSI recurrent network of integrate-and-fire neurons connected by plastic synapses with long-term memory

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Author	Chicca, E. Badoni, D. Dante, V. D'Andreagiovanni, M. Salina, G. Carota, L. Fusi, S. Del Giudice, P.
Copyright Year	1990
Abstract	Electronic neuromorphic devices with on-chip, on-line learning should be able to modify quickly the synaptic couplings to acquire information about new patterns to be stored (synaptic plasticity) and, at the same time, preserve this information on very long time scales (synaptic stability). Here, we illustrate the electronic implementation of a simple solution to this stability-plasticity problem, recently proposed and studied in various contexts. It is based on the observation that reducing the analog depth of the synapses to the extreme (bistable synapses) does not necessarily disrupt the performance of the device as an associative memory, provided that 1) the number of neurons is large enough; 2) the transitions between stable synaptic states are stochastic; and 3) learning is slow. The drastic reduction of the analog depth of the synaptic variable also makes this solution appealing from the point of view of electronic implementation and offers a simple methodological alternative to the technological solution based on floating gates. We describe the full custom analog very large-scale integration (VLSI) realization of a small network of integrate-and-fire neurons connected by bistable deterministic plastic synapses which can implement the idea of stochastic learning. In the absence of stimuli, the memory is preserved indefinitely. During the stimulation the synapse undergoes quick temporary changes through the activities of the pre- and postsynaptic neurons; those changes stochastically result in a long-term modification of the synaptic efficacy. The intentionally disordered pattern of connectivity allows the system to generate a randomness suited to drive the stochastic selection mechanism. We check by a suitable stimulation protocol that the stochastic synaptic plasticity produces the expected pattern of potentiation and depression in the electronic network.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Starting Page	1297
Ending Page	1307
Page Count	11
File Size	749383
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10459227
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-09-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Very large scale integration Neurons Plastics Stochastic processes Stability Neuromorphics Associative memory Nonvolatile memory Large scale integration Drives
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Artificial Intelligence Computer Networks and Communications Computer Science Applications Software

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