eprintid: 28691
rev_number: 15
eprint_status: archive
userid: 5303
dir: disk0/00/02/86/91
datestamp: 2020-08-04 13:53:40
lastmod: 2020-09-03 11:34:13
status_changed: 2020-08-04 13:53:40
type: doctoralThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Karasenko, Vitali
title: Von Neumann bottlenecks in non-von Neumann computing architectures
subjects: ddc-004
subjects: ddc-530
divisions: i-130700
adv_faculty: af-13
abstract: The term "neuromorphic" refers to a broad class of computational devices that mimic various aspects of cortical information processing.
In particular, they instantiate neurons, either physically or virtually, which communicate through time-singular events called spikes.
This thesis presents a generic RTL implementation of a Point-to-Point chip interconnect protocol that is well-suited to accommodate the unique I/O requirements associated with event-based communication, especially in the case of accelerated mixed-signal neuromorphic devices.
A physical realization of such an interconnect was implemented on the most recent version of the BrainScaleS-2 architecture---the HICANN-X system---to facilitate a high-speed bi-directional connection to a host FPGA.
Event rates of up to 250MHz full-duplex as well as several stream-secured configuration and memory interface channels are transported via 8*1Gbit/s LVDS DDR serializers.
As the presented approach is entirely independent of the serializer implementation, it has applications beyond neuromorphic computing, such as enabling the separation of concerns and aiding the development of serializer-independent protocol bridges for system design.
date: 2020
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00028691
ppn_swb: 1728684919
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-286910
date_accepted: 2020-05-27
advisor: HASH(0x561a6283bf98)
language: eng
bibsort: KARASENKOVVONNEUMANN2020
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
citation:   Karasenko, Vitali  (2020) Von Neumann bottlenecks in non-von Neumann computing architectures.  [Dissertation]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/28691/1/KarasenkoPhD.pdf