• DocumentCode
    2372130
  • Title

    On brain-inspired connectivity and hybrid network topologies

  • Author

    Madappuram, Basheer A M ; Beiu, Valeriu ; Kelly, Peter M. ; McDaid, Liam J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Syst. Eng., UAE Univ., Al Ain
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-13 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    This paper starts from very fresh analyses comparing brainpsilas connectivity with those of well-known network topologies, based on the latest interpretation of Rentpsilas rule. Those analyses have revealed how close the brain comes to the latest Rentpsilas rule averages. On the other hand, all the known network topologies seems to fall short of being strong contenders for mimicking the brain. That is why this paper performs a detailed Rent-based (top-down) connectivity analysis of many two-level hybrid network topologies. This analysis aims to identify those two-level hybrid network topologies which are able to closely mimic brainpsilas connectivity. The ranges of granularity (as given by the total number of gates and the number of processors) where this mimicking is happening are identified. These results should have implications for the design of networks(-on-chip) and for the burgeoning field of multi/many-core processors (in the short to medium term), as well as for investigations on future nano-architectures (in the long run). Complementary results using a bottom-up approach have also been obtained, and will be mentioned.
  • Keywords
    biomimetics; hybrid integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit interconnections; nanoelectronics; network topology; network-on-chip; Rent-based connectivity analysis; bottom-up approach; brain-inspired connectivity; granularity ranges; interconnect topology; many-core processors; multicore processors; nanoarchitectures; networks-on-chip design; neural network; two-level hybrid network topologies; Network topology; Connectivity; Rent’s rule; brain; communication; interconnect topology; nano-architecture; nanotechnology; network topology; neural network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanoscale Architectures, 2008. NANOARCH 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2552-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2553-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANOARCH.2008.4585792
  • Filename
    4585792