SpiNNcloud

The "Spiking Neural Network Architecture" SpiNNaker describes a computer architecture, optimized for the simulation of neural networks. A large number of ARM processors are integrated in a system architecture optimized for communication and memory access. This enables energy-efficient simulation in biological real time, whereby SpiNNaker is clearly superior to current supercomputers in both aspects. The first generation of SpiNNaker was developed by the University of Manchester and scaled up to a system size of 1 million ARM processors. This allows real-time simulation  of networks in the order of 1% of the human brain (with a latency down to 1 ms).

The aim of the SpiNNcloud project is to set up a SpiNNaker2 machine at the TU Dresden and, in addition to the classic use in brain simulation, to establish it in Saxony as 'SpiNNcloud' for research in the areas of tactile internet, Industry 4.0 and automotive artificial intelligence (AI) .

application number: 100373652
project runs from 23.09.2019  to 30.09.2023