Radiation Test Performance of the Intel Loihi Neuromorphic Processor

The emerging paradigm of neuromorphic computing has the potential to provide high-performance, low-power computing for edge artificial intelligence. This promise of high performance and low power consumption makes neuromorphic computing devices attractive for platforms at the edge: those that are constrained in size, weight, and power. Spacecraft fall into the category of edge platforms. In space, computing devices are subject to radiation effects not present on Earth, including single event effects (SEE) and total ionizing dose (TID). In this paper, we present the results of performing proton SEE testing and TID testing on an exemplar neuromorphic processor, the Intel Loihi.