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SpiNNaker - APT - The University of Manchester
| Edit Values | |
| SpiNNaker multicore SoC | |
| General Info | |
| Designer | APT Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group |
| Market | Artificial Intelligence |
| Introduction | 20th May, 2011 (launched) |
| General Specs | |
| Frequency | 200MHz |
| Neuromorphic Specs | |
| Neurons | 1,000,000,000 |
| Microarchitecture | |
| ISA | ARM9 (ARM) |
| Microarchitecture | ARM968 |
| Die | 102mm² 10.386mm × 9.786mm |
| MCP | Yes (2 dies) |
| Cores | 18 |
| Max Memory | 128MB (chip), 7TB (system) |
| Multiprocessing | |
| Max SMP | 1,036,800 (system)-Way (Multiprocessor) |
| Electrical | |
| Power dissipation | 1W (chip), 90kW (system) |
SpiNNaker (Spiking Neural Network Architecture) is a research project by the Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group of the University of Manchester. In its full configuration, the system consists of 1,036,800 ARM9 cores that are capable of simulating up to one billion neurons in real time.
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Overview
The SpiNNaker engine is using the SpiNNaker multicore System-On-Chip (SoC) as single nodes. Each chip contains two dies: The first die holds 18 ARM968 cores, 32kB SRAM, 64kB data tightly coupled memory (DTCM) per core, 32kB instruction tightly coupled memory (ITCM) per core, an Ethernet interface and a custom interconnect fabric. The second die within the SoC holds 128MB of shared SDRAM.
System Components
ARM968
Vectored Interrupt Controller (VIC)
Counter/Timer units
Ethernet
DMA
Memory
Routing fabric
References
- Furber et al. "Overview of the SpiNNaker System Architecture" IEEE Transactions On Computers, Vol. 62, No. 12, December 2013
Facts about "SpiNNaker - APT - The University of Manchester"
| base frequency | 200 MHz (0.2 GHz, 200,000 kHz) + |
| core count | 18 + |
| designer | APT Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group + |
| die area | 102 mm² (0.158 in², 1.02 cm², 102,000,000 µm²) + |
| die count | 2 + |
| die length | 10.386 mm (1.039 cm, 0.409 in, 10,386 µm) + |
| die width | 9.786 mm (0.979 cm, 0.385 in, 9,786 µm) + |
| first launched | May 20, 2011 + |
| full page name | university of manchester/spinnaker + |
| instance of | neuromorphic chip + |
| is multi-chip package | true + |
| isa | ARM9 + |
| isa family | ARM + |
| ldate | May 20, 2011 + |
| market segment | Artificial Intelligence + |
| microarchitecture | ARM968 + |
| name | SpiNNaker multicore SoC + |
| neuron count | 1,000,000,000 + |
| smp max ways | 1,036,800 (system) + |