The Perplexus bio-inspired reconfigurable circuit

This paper introduces the ubichip, a custom reconfigurable electronic device capable of implementing bio- inspired circuits featuring growth, learning, and evolution. The ubichip is developed in the framework of Perplexus, a European project that aims to develop a scalable hardware platform made of bio-inspired custom reconfigurable devices for simulating large-scale complex systems. In this paper, we describe the configurability and architectural mechanisms that will allow the implementation of evolv- able and developmental cellular and neural systems in an efficient way. These mechanisms are dynamic routing, self- reconfiguration, and a neural-friendly logic cell's architecture.

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