NEUROmorphic energy-efficient secure accelerators based on Phase change materials aUgmented siLiscon photonicS (NEUROPULS)
Type: International Project Project
Duration: from 2023 Jan 01 to 2026 Dec 31
Financed by: European Commission
Prime Contractor: CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier (University) - Toulouse, France
The NEUROPULS project aims to build next-generation low-power and secure edge-computing systems by developing novel
photonic computing architectures and security layers based on photonic PUFs in augmented silicon photonics CMOS-compatible
platforms. The integration of emerging non-volatile phase change materials for synapses/neurons and III-V materials for on-chip spiking sources, for the first time, will allow to build novel neuromorphic accelerators featuring RISC-V compliant interfaces for smooth adoption and programmability. Optimal performance will be achieved thanks to a novel full-system simulation platform for design space exploration. Three relevant use-cases will be considered for bench-marking to demonstrate 2 orders of magnitude
energy efficiency improvement.
Partnerships
- Argotech (Company) - Czech Republic
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Other)
- C - Albora (Company) - Spain
- CEA-Leti (Other) - France
- CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier (University) - Toulouse, France
- HP Belgium (Company) - Belgium
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (University) -Germany
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (University) - Greece
- Politecnico di Torino (University) - Torino, Italy
- University of Gent (University) - Belgium
- University of Verona (University) - Trento, Italy