A Survey of Intelligent Chip Design Research Based on Spiking Neural Networks

The traditional neural network Intelligent chip has the problem of high power consumption due to classical computing architecture, limiting the development of neural network Intelligent chips. Stochastic computing (SC) encodes binary numbers into stochastic pulse sequences in operation, taking advantage of low power consumption and high performance. The application of SC in spiking neural networks (SNNs) Intelligent chips is beneficial to solving the high power consumption of traditional neural network chips. This article first summarizes the basic elements of SNNs and the basic principles of SC. Then, we review the development trends of the stochastic computation-based neural network chips and existing SNN chips under research at home and abroad, respectively, and analyze the current problems. Finally, a review of SNN chips based on SC is highlighted. This paper aims to provide new research directions and to learn ideas for the field of SNN chips through systematic summaries.