arXiv:2510.23638cs.ETcs.AI2025-10被引 2

用量子隧穿效应实现全模拟神经网络,突破硬件非线性瓶颈。

Fully analogue in-memory neural computing via quantum tunneling effect

  • 直接利用负阻器件的物理特性实现可学习的单变量非线性函数
  • 在MNIST等数据集上参数更少、交叉阵列节点效率更高
  • 适用于多种负阻器件,为节能全模拟网络提供新路径

全模拟神经计算需要无需数字辅助即可实现线性和非线性变换的硬件。尽管模拟存内计算能高效完成矩阵-向量乘法,但缺乏可学习的模拟非线性仍是核心瓶颈。本文提出KANalogue,一种全模拟的柯尔莫哥洛夫-阿诺德网络(KAN)实现方案,通过负阻(NDR)器件直接构建一维基函数。将NDR器件的固有电流-电压特性映射为可学习的坐标式非线性函数,使函数逼近嵌入器件物理特性,同时保持全模拟信号通路。以冷金属隧穿二极管为平台,构建多样非线性基并基于交叉阵列实现模拟求和。在MNIST、FashionMNIST和CIFAR-10上的实验表明,KANalogue在参数显著减少且交叉阵列节点效率更高的情况下,达到与模拟MLP相当的准确率,并在严格硬件约束下逼近数字KAN的性能。该框架不限定特定器件技术,天然适用于广泛NDR器件。结果确立了面向可扩展、高能效全模拟神经网络的器件基础路径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Fully analogue neural computation requires hardware that can implement both linear and nonlinear transformations without digital assistance. While analogue in-memory computing efficiently realizes matrix-vector multiplication, the absence of learnable analogue nonlinearities remains a central bottleneck. Here we introduce KANalogue, a fully analogue realization of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) that instantiates univariate basis functions directly using negative-differential-resistance (NDR) devices. By mapping the intrinsic current-voltage characteristics of NDR devices to learnable coordinate-wise nonlinear functions, KANalogue embeds function approximation into device physics while preserving a fully analogue signal path. Using cold-metal tunnel diodes as a representative platform, we construct diverse nonlinear bases and combine them through crossbar-based analogue summation. Experiments on MNIST, FashionMNIST, and CIFAR-10 demonstrate that KANalogue achieves competitive accuracy with substantially fewer parameters and higher crossbar node efficiency than analogue MLPs, while approaching the performance of digital KANs under strict hardware constraints. The framework is not limited to a specific device technology and naturally generalizes to a broad class of NDR devices. These results establish a device-grounded route toward scalable, energy-efficient, fully analogue neural networks.

全模拟计算负阻器件KAN神经网络硬件

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