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Online Performance Monitoring of Neuromorphic Computing Systems
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Online Performance Monitoring of Neuromorphic Computing Systems

Abhishek Kumar Mishra, Anup Das and Nagarajan Kandasamy
Proceedings - European Test Workshop, v 2023-, pp 1-4
22 May 2023

Abstract

model-based fault detection Neuromorphic computing online monitoring spiking neural networks
Neuromorphic computation is based on spike trains in which the location and frequency of spikes occurring within the network guide the execution. This paper develops a frame-work to monitor the correctness of a neuromorphic program's execution using model-based redundancy in which a software-based monitor compares discrepancies between the behavior of neurons mapped to hardware and that predicted by a corresponding mathematical model in real time. Our approach reduces the hardware overhead needed to support the monitoring infrastructure and minimizes intrusion on the executing application. Fault-injection experiments utilizing CARLSim, a high-fidelity SNN simulator, show that the framework achieves high fault coverage using parsimonious models which can operate with low computational overhead in real time.

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