Design techniques of eNVM-enabled neuromorphic computing systems

The recently emerged research on “neuromorphic computing”, which stands for hardware acceleration of brain-inspired computing, has become one of the most active research areas in computer engineering. In this invited paper, we start with a background introduction of neuromorphic computing, followed by some examples of hardware acceleration schemes of learning and neural network algorithms on emerging nonvolatile memory (eNVM)-based neuromorphic computing engine. At the end, we share our prospects on the future technology challenges and advances of neuromorphic computing.

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