The revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) brings up an enormous storage and data processing requirement. Large power consumption and hardware overhead have become the main challenges for building next-generation AI hardware. To mitigate this, neuromorphic computing has drawn immense attention due to its excellent capability for data processing with very low power consumption. While relentless research has been underway for years to minimize the power consumption in neuromorphic hardware, we are still a long way off from reaching the energy efficiency of the human brain. Furthermore, design complexity and process variation hinder the large-scale implementation of current neuromorphic platforms. Recently, the concept of implementing neuromorphic computing systems in cryogenic temperature has garnered intense interest thanks to their excellent speed and power metric. Several cryogenic devices can be engineered to work as neuromorphic primitives with ultra-low demand for power. Here, we comprehensively review the cryogenic neuromorphic hardware. We classify the existing cryogenic neuromorphic hardware into several hierarchical categories and sketch a comparative analysis based on key performance metrics. Our analysis concisely describes the operation of the associated circuit topology and outlines the advantages and challenges encountered by the state-of-the-art technology platforms. Finally, we provide insight to circumvent these challenges for the future progression of research.
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21 February 2023
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February 15 2023
A review of cryogenic neuromorphic hardware
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Md Mazharul Islam
;
Md Mazharul Islam
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis)
1
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Shamiul Alam
;
Shamiul Alam
(Investigation, Methodology, Resources)
1
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Md Shafayat Hossain
;
Md Shafayat Hossain
(Resources, Supervision, Validation)
2
Department of Physics, Princeton University
, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Kaushik Roy;
Kaushik Roy
(Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
3
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA
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Ahmedullah Aziz
Ahmedullah Aziz
a)
(Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
1
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: aziz@utk.edu
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: aziz@utk.edu
J. Appl. Phys. 133, 070701 (2023)
Article history
Received:
November 03 2022
Accepted:
January 26 2023
Citation
Md Mazharul Islam, Shamiul Alam, Md Shafayat Hossain, Kaushik Roy, Ahmedullah Aziz; A review of cryogenic neuromorphic hardware. J. Appl. Phys. 21 February 2023; 133 (7): 070701. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0133515
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