Hardware in Loop Learning with Spin Stochastic Neurons

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Main Authors: Islam, A N M Nafiul, Yang, Kezhou, Shukla, Amit K., Khanal, Pravin, Zhou, Bowei, Wang, Wei-Gang, Sengupta, Abhronil
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Published: 2023
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author Islam, A N M Nafiul
Yang, Kezhou
Shukla, Amit K.
Khanal, Pravin
Zhou, Bowei
Wang, Wei-Gang
Sengupta, Abhronil
author_facet Islam, A N M Nafiul
Yang, Kezhou
Shukla, Amit K.
Khanal, Pravin
Zhou, Bowei
Wang, Wei-Gang
Sengupta, Abhronil
contents Despite the promise of superior efficiency and scalability, real-world deployment of emerging nanoelectronic platforms for brain-inspired computing have been limited thus far, primarily because of inter-device variations and intrinsic non-idealities. In this work, we demonstrate mitigating these issues by performing learning directly on practical devices through a hardware-in-loop approach, utilizing stochastic neurons based on heavy metal/ferromagnetic spin-orbit torque heterostructures. We characterize the probabilistic switching and device-to-device variability of our fabricated devices of various sizes to showcase the effect of device dimension on the neuronal dynamics and its consequent impact on network-level performance. The efficacy of the hardware-in-loop scheme is illustrated in a deep learning scenario achieving equivalent software performance. This work paves the way for future large-scale implementations of neuromorphic hardware and realization of truly autonomous edge-intelligent devices.
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spellingShingle Hardware in Loop Learning with Spin Stochastic Neurons
Islam, A N M Nafiul
Yang, Kezhou
Shukla, Amit K.
Khanal, Pravin
Zhou, Bowei
Wang, Wei-Gang
Sengupta, Abhronil
Emerging Technologies
Despite the promise of superior efficiency and scalability, real-world deployment of emerging nanoelectronic platforms for brain-inspired computing have been limited thus far, primarily because of inter-device variations and intrinsic non-idealities. In this work, we demonstrate mitigating these issues by performing learning directly on practical devices through a hardware-in-loop approach, utilizing stochastic neurons based on heavy metal/ferromagnetic spin-orbit torque heterostructures. We characterize the probabilistic switching and device-to-device variability of our fabricated devices of various sizes to showcase the effect of device dimension on the neuronal dynamics and its consequent impact on network-level performance. The efficacy of the hardware-in-loop scheme is illustrated in a deep learning scenario achieving equivalent software performance. This work paves the way for future large-scale implementations of neuromorphic hardware and realization of truly autonomous edge-intelligent devices.
title Hardware in Loop Learning with Spin Stochastic Neurons
topic Emerging Technologies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.03235