Design of a modular and mixed neuromimetic ASIC

This paper presents a new specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that emulates neurons electrical activity using a biophysical model (neuromimetic ASIC). Such ASICs form the computation core of a complete simulation system dedicated to the investigation of the dynamics of biomimetic neural networks. The circuits were designed using a modular approach. Simulations were realized by mixing the behavioral and the transistor-level description of modules. We present in this paper the ASICs specifications and architecture, together with simulation results.