Brain-derived neuromorphic computing with 3D electronic-photonic integrated circuits

S. J. Ben Yoo

doi:10.1117/12.2651109

17 March 2023 Brain-derived neuromorphic computing with 3D electronic-photonic integrated circuits

S. J. Ben Yoo

Proceedings Volume PC12438, AI and Optical Data Sciences IV; PC1243808 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2651109
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Reverse engineering the brain has been our dream and a grand challenge for many decades. The human brain has immense learning capabilities at extreme energy efficiencies and scale, which no artificial system has been able to match. We propose that utilization of a brain-derived—rather than a brain-inspired—architecture will lead to a paradigm shift, enabling the development of intelligent agents that can work in tandem with humans on complex tasks in noisy, unpredictable environments. Key to this paradigm shift will be the integration of hardware that emulates the processing characteristics of the brain with design principles based on fundamental aspects of neural plasticity and circuit design in the human brain. To achieve this grand challenge, we pursue a new neuromorphic computing paradigm enabled by modular integration of energy-efficient 3D-electronic-photonic-ICs (3D EPICs) with attojoule nanophotonic neurons in photonic neural networks.

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S. J. Ben Yoo "Brain-derived neuromorphic computing with 3D electronic-photonic integrated circuits", Proc. SPIE PC12438, AI and Optical Data Sciences IV, PC1243808 (17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2651109

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