Classification of correlated patterns with a configurable analog vlsi neural network of spiking neurons and self-regulating plastic synapses

  • Authors:
  • Massimilian Giulioni;Mario Pannunzi;Davide Badoni;Vittorio Dante;Paolo Del Giudice

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Neural Computation
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We describe the implementation and illustrate the learning performance of an analog VLSI network of 32 integrate-and-fire neurons with spike-frequency adaptation and 2016 Hebbian bistable spike-driven stochastic synapses, endowed with a self-regulating plasticity mechanism, which avoids unnecessary synaptic changes. The synaptic matrix can be flexibly configured and provides both recurrent and external connectivity with address-event representation compliant devices. We demonstrate a marked improvement in the efficiency of the network in classifying correlated patterns, owing to the self-regulating mechanism.