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Autori principali: Jhonsa, Jinesh, Whitehead, William, McCarthy, David, Chowdhury, Shuvro, Camsari, Kerem, Theogarajan, Luke
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14070
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author Jhonsa, Jinesh
Whitehead, William
McCarthy, David
Chowdhury, Shuvro
Camsari, Kerem
Theogarajan, Luke
author_facet Jhonsa, Jinesh
Whitehead, William
McCarthy, David
Chowdhury, Shuvro
Camsari, Kerem
Theogarajan, Luke
contents This paper demonstrates a probabilistic bit physics inspired solver with 440 spins configured in a Chimera graph, occupying an area of 0.44 mm^2. Area efficiency is maximized through a current-mode implementation of the neuron update circuit, standard cell design for analog blocks pitch-matched to digital blocks, and a shared power supply for both digital and analog components. Process variation related mismatches introduced by this approach are effectively mitigated using a hardware aware contrastive divergence algorithm during training. We validate the chip's ability to perform probabilistic computing tasks such as modeling logic gates and full adders, as well as optimization tasks such as MaxCut, demonstrating its potential for AI and machine learning applications.
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spellingShingle A CMOS Probabilistic Computing Chip With In-situ hardware Aware Learning
Jhonsa, Jinesh
Whitehead, William
McCarthy, David
Chowdhury, Shuvro
Camsari, Kerem
Theogarajan, Luke
Hardware Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
This paper demonstrates a probabilistic bit physics inspired solver with 440 spins configured in a Chimera graph, occupying an area of 0.44 mm^2. Area efficiency is maximized through a current-mode implementation of the neuron update circuit, standard cell design for analog blocks pitch-matched to digital blocks, and a shared power supply for both digital and analog components. Process variation related mismatches introduced by this approach are effectively mitigated using a hardware aware contrastive divergence algorithm during training. We validate the chip's ability to perform probabilistic computing tasks such as modeling logic gates and full adders, as well as optimization tasks such as MaxCut, demonstrating its potential for AI and machine learning applications.
title A CMOS Probabilistic Computing Chip With In-situ hardware Aware Learning
topic Hardware Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14070