arXiv:2508.11689cs.NEcs.AI2025-08

通过自适应调节神经元阈值,实现低功耗神经形态计算的动态节能。

Adaptive Spiking with Plasticity for Energy Aware Neuromorphic Systems

  • 训练时引入随机扰动,使神经元阈值可调且具鲁棒性。
  • 在保持精度前提下,减少90%以上脉冲数与能耗。
  • 适合始终在线、资源受限的可穿戴设备使用。

本文提出ASPEN,一种面向神经形态系统的新型节能技术,旨在推动智能、始终在线、超低功耗且低负担可穿戴设备的发展。神经形态系统基于脉冲事件运行,其能耗与脉冲活动密切相关——每个脉冲均产生计算和功耗成本,因此最小化脉冲数量是应对能源约束的关键策略。ASPEN在训练中对神经元阈值施加随机扰动,不仅提升网络在不同阈值下的鲁棒性(可于推理时控制),还作为正则项改善泛化能力、降低脉冲活动,并实现无需复杂重训或剪枝的能耗调控。该方法通过自适应调整神经元内在参数,以轻量级、可扩展的方式实现动态能量控制。在神经形态模拟器与硬件上的评估表明,ASPEN显著降低脉冲数量与能耗,同时保持与顶尖方法相当的精度。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper presents ASPEN, a novel energy-aware technique for neuromorphic systems that could unleash the future of intelligent, always-on, ultra-low-power, and low-burden wearables. Our main research objectives are to explore the feasibility of neuromorphic computing for wearables, identify open research directions, and demonstrate the feasibility of developing an adaptive spiking technique for energy-aware computation, which can be game-changing for resource-constrained devices in always-on applications. As neuromorphic computing systems operate based on spike events, their energy consumption is closely related to spiking activity, i.e., each spike incurs computational and power costs; consequently, minimizing the number of spikes is a critical strategy for operating under constrained energy budgets. To support this goal, ASPEN utilizes stochastic perturbations to the neuronal threshold during training to not only enhance the network's robustness across varying thresholds, which can be controlled at inference time, but also act as a regularizer that improves generalization, reduces spiking activity, and enables energy control without the need for complex retraining or pruning. More specifically, ASPEN adaptively adjusts intrinsic neuronal parameters as a lightweight and scalable technique for dynamic energy control without reconfiguring the entire model. Our evaluation on neuromorphic emulator and hardware shows that ASPEN significantly reduces spike counts and energy consumption while maintaining accuracy comparable to state-of-the-art methods.

神经形态计算节能算法脉冲神经网络

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