Title:
Can my chip behave like my brain?

dc.contributor.advisor Hasler, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author George, Suma
dc.contributor.committeeMember Anderson, David
dc.contributor.committeeMember Inan, Omer
dc.contributor.committeeMember Wang, Hua
dc.contributor.committeeMember Pfeiffer, Michael
dc.contributor.department Electrical and Computer Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-27T13:11:04Z
dc.date.available 2016-05-27T13:11:04Z
dc.date.created 2015-05
dc.date.issued 2015-04-07
dc.date.submitted May 2015
dc.date.updated 2016-05-27T13:11:04Z
dc.description.abstract Many decades ago, Carver Mead established the foundations of neuromorphic systems. Neuromorphic systems are analog circuits that emulate biology. These circuits utilize subthreshold dynamics of CMOS transistors to mimic the behavior of neurons. The objective is to not only simulate the human brain, but also to build useful applications using these bio-inspired circuits for ultra low power speech processing, image processing, and robotics. This can be achieved using reconfigurable hardware, like field programmable analog arrays (FPAAs), which enable configuring different applications on a cross platform system. As digital systems saturate in terms of power efficiency, this alternate approach has the potential to improve computational efficiency by approximately eight orders of magnitude. These systems, which include analog, digital, and neuromorphic elements combine to result in a very powerful reconfigurable processing machine.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54905
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Neuromorphic
dc.subject Reconfigurable
dc.subject Mixed signal
dc.subject FPAA
dc.subject Dendrites
dc.subject RASP
dc.subject CAD tools
dc.subject Heterogeneous architectures
dc.title Can my chip behave like my brain?
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Hasler, Jennifer
local.contributor.corporatename School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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