In this episode, Sunny talks to now Emeritus Professor Steve Furber as he prepares to leave the University of Manchester. They talk about associative memories, the original SpiNNaker neural simulator designed using densely-interconnected ARM cores, and the new generation of the technology currently being assembled. Afterwards, Sunny discusses the interview with Giulia and Ralph.
Articles and Papers
- SpiNNaker 2: A 10 Million Core Processor System for Brain Simulation and Machine Learning
- BitBrain and Sparse Binary Coincidence (SBC) memories: Fast, robust learning and inference for neuromorphic architectures
- BOOK> SpiNNaker: A Spiking Neural Network Architecture
- VIDEO> Steve Furber presents SpiNNaker at the Neuro Inspired Computational Elements (NICE) Workshop 2019
- A million ARM cores to host brain simulator
From the Discussion
- The BrainScaleS-2 Accelerated Neuromorphic System With Hybrid Plasticity
- Which model to use for cortical spiking neurons?
- A Generalized Linear Integrate-and-Fire Neural Model Produces Diverse Spiking Behaviors
- Live Demo: Spiking ratSLAM: Rat hippocampus cells in spiking neural hardware
- Scale-Invariant Memory Representations Emerge from Moiré Interference between Grid Fields That Produce Theta Oscillations: A Computational Model
- Nengo: a Python tool for building large-scale functional brain models
- SynSense Demos Neuromorphic Processor in Customer’s Toy Robot
Episode Credits
Producer/Writer/Editor: Sunny Bains
Co-hosts: Sunny Bains and Giulia D’Angelo
Commentator: Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Audio Production: Taylor Marvin, Coupe Studios Music and Sound Design
Music: 3 of Diamonds by Matt Harris
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