Complete Pipeline for deploying SNNs with Synaptic Delays on Loihi 2

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Titel: Complete Pipeline for deploying SNNs with Synaptic Delays on Loihi 2
Autoren: Balázs Mészáros, James Knight, Jonathan Timcheck, Thomas Nowotny
Publikationsjahr: 2025
Schlagwörter: Uncategorised value
Beschreibung: Spiking Neural Networks are attracting increased attention as a more energy-efficient alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks for edge computing. Neuromorphic computing can significantly reduce energy requirements. Here, we present a complete pipeline: efficient event-based training of SNNs with synaptic delays on GPUs and deployment on Intel's Loihi 2 neuromorphic chip. We evaluate our approach on keyword recognition tasks using the Spiking Heidelberg Digits and Spiking Speech Commands datasets, demonstrating that our algorithm can enhance classification accuracy compared to architectures without delays. Our benchmarking indicates almost no accuracy loss between GPU and Loihi 2 implementations, while classification on Loihi 2 is up to 18× faster and uses 250× less energy than on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano.
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Relation: 10779/uos.29634287.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Complete_Pipeline_for_deploying_SNNs_with_Synaptic_Delays_on_Loihi_2/29634287
Verfügbarkeit: https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Complete_Pipeline_for_deploying_SNNs_with_Synaptic_Delays_on_Loihi_2/29634287
Rights: CC BY 4.0
Dokumentencode: edsbas.1DE6D3C3
Datenbank: BASE
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Abstract:Spiking Neural Networks are attracting increased attention as a more energy-efficient alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks for edge computing. Neuromorphic computing can significantly reduce energy requirements. Here, we present a complete pipeline: efficient event-based training of SNNs with synaptic delays on GPUs and deployment on Intel's Loihi 2 neuromorphic chip. We evaluate our approach on keyword recognition tasks using the Spiking Heidelberg Digits and Spiking Speech Commands datasets, demonstrating that our algorithm can enhance classification accuracy compared to architectures without delays. Our benchmarking indicates almost no accuracy loss between GPU and Loihi 2 implementations, while classification on Loihi 2 is up to 18× faster and uses 250× less energy than on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano.