Reliability of Event Timing in Silicon Neurons
Analog, low-voltage electronics show great promise in producing silicon neurons (SiNs) with unprecedented levels of energy efficiency. Yet, their inherently high susceptibility to process, voltage and temperature (PVT) variations, and noise has long been recognised as a major bottleneck in developing effective neuromorphic solutions. Inspired by spike transmission studies in biophysical, neocortical neurons, we demonstrate that the inherent noise and variability can coexist with reliable spike transmission in analog SiNs, similarly to biological neurons. We illustrate this property on a recent neuromorphic model of a bursting neuron by showcasing three different relevant types of reliable event transmission: single spike transmission, burst transmission, and the on-off control of a half-centre oscillator (HCO) network.
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