Patents by Inventor Filipp A. Akopyan

Filipp A. Akopyan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170286825
    Abstract: A multiplexed neural core circuit according to one embodiment comprises, for an integer multiplexing factor T that is greater than zero, T sets of electronic neurons, T sets of electronic axons, where each set of the T sets of electronic axons corresponds to one of the T sets of electronic neurons, and a synaptic interconnection network comprising a plurality of electronic synapses that each interconnect a single electronic axon to a single electronic neuron, where the interconnection network interconnects each set of the T sets of electronic axons to its corresponding set of electronic neurons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Filipp A. Akopyan, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza, John V. Arthur, Andrew S. Cassidy, Steven K. Esser, Bryan L. Jackson, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Jun Sawada
  • Patent number: 9747545
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a system for controlling program execution. The system comprises an event-based core controller including a set of state-preserving elements. The core controller starts and stops the program execution based on one or more control signals. For each instruction of the program, the core controller triggers a target component to execute the instruction by generating and sending an instruction and/or a trigger pulse to the target component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Filipp A. Akopyan, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera, John V. Arthur, Andrew S. Cassidy, Bryan L. Jackson, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Jun Sawada
  • Publication number: 20160321537
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a neural network circuit comprising a memory block for maintaining neuronal data for multiple neurons, a scheduler for maintaining incoming firing events targeting the neurons, and a computational logic unit for updating the neuronal data for the neurons by processing the firing events. The network circuit further comprises at least one permutation logic unit enabling data exchange between the computational logic unit and at least one of the memory block and the scheduler. The network circuit further comprises a controller for controlling the computational logic unit, the memory block, the scheduler, and each permutation logic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Filipp A. Akopyan, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera, John V. Arthur, Andrew S. Cassidy, Bryan L. Jackson, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Jun Sawada
  • Publication number: 20160224886
    Abstract: An event-driven neural network includes a plurality of interconnected core circuits is provided. Each core circuit includes an electronic synapse array has multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. A synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. A neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. Each core circuit also has a scheduler that receives a spike event and delivers the spike event to a selected axon in the synapse array based on a schedule for deterministic event delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Filipp Akopyan, John V. Arthur, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, William P. Risk
  • Publication number: 20160086077
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a system for controlling program execution. The system comprises an event-based core controller including a set of state-preserving elements. The core controller starts and stops the program execution based on one or more control signals. For each instruction of the program, the core controller triggers a target component to execute the instruction by generating and sending an instruction and/or a trigger pulse to the target component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Filipp A. Akopyan, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera, John V. Arthur, Andrew S. Cassidy, Bryan L. Jackson, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Jun Sawada
  • Publication number: 20160055408
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system and circuit interconnecting peripheral devices to neurosynaptic core circuits. The neurosynaptic system includes an interconnect that includes different types of communication channels. A device connects to the neurosynaptic system via the interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Filipp A. Akopyan, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera, John V. Arthur, Andrew S. Cassidy, Bryan L. Jackson, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Jun Sawada
  • Patent number: 9269044
    Abstract: An event-driven neural network includes a plurality of interconnected core circuits is provided. Each core circuit includes an electronic synapse array has multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. A synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. A neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. Each core circuit also has a scheduler that receives a spike event and delivers the spike event to a selected axon in the synapse array based on a schedule for deterministic event delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Cornell University
    Inventors: Filipp Akopyan, John V. Arthur, Rajit Manohar, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Alyosha Molnar, William P. Risk, III
  • Publication number: 20150262055
    Abstract: An event-driven neural network includes a plurality of interconnected core circuits is provided. Each core circuit includes an electronic synapse array has multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. A synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. A neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. Each core circuit also has a scheduler that receives a spike event and delivers the spike event to a selected axon in the synapse array based on a schedule for deterministic event delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicants: Cornell University, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Filipp Akopyan, John V. Arthur, Rajit Manohar, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Alyosha Molnar, William P. Risk, III
  • Patent number: 8909576
    Abstract: An event-driven neural network includes a plurality of interconnected core circuits is provided. Each core circuit includes an electronic synapse array has multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. A synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. A neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. Each core circuit also has a scheduler that receives a spike event and delivers the spike event to a selected axon in the synapse array based on a schedule for deterministic event delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Filipp Akopyan, John V. Arthur, Rajit Manohar, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Alyosha Molnar, William P. Risk, III
  • Publication number: 20130073497
    Abstract: An event-driven neural network includes a plurality of interconnected core circuits is provided. Each core circuit includes an electronic synapse array has multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. A synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. A neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. Each core circuit also has a scheduler that receives a spike event and delivers the spike event to a selected axon in the synapse array based on a schedule for deterministic event delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: Cornell University, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Filipp Akopyan, John V. Arthur, Rajit Manohar, Paul A. Merolla, Dharmendra S. Modha, Alyosha Molnar, William P. Risk, III
  • Patent number: 7466258
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal, provide for simultaneously comparing the input signal to a sequential multiplicity of reference values representing a range of values of the input signal, and asynchronously processing digital results from simultaneous comparison to produce a digital representation of level crossings of the input signal with respect to the multiplicity of reference values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, INc.
    Inventors: Filipp Akopyan, Alyssa Apsel, Rajit Manohar
  • Patent number: 7411436
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for regulating gate delays of synchronous and asynchronous digital circuits. Thermally-sensitive circuits include, generally, temperature sensitive voltage sources outputting a voltage signal indicative of the temperature of the digital circuit, where the voltage signal reflects non-linear temperature sensitivity above a predetermined threshold temperature, and delay mechanisms receiving said temperature sensitive voltage signal(s) as input and being configured to automatically continuously modulate the speed of signal propagation through the circuit in response to said voltage signal, thereby causing circuit elements within the circuits to switch less frequently and consequently causing the circuit elements to generate less heat with increasing circuit temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Cornell REsearch Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: David Fang, Filipp Akopyan, Rajit Manohar
  • Publication number: 20070200608
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for regulating gate delays of synchronous and asynchronous digital circuits. Thermally-sensitive circuits include, generally, temperature sensitive voltage sources outputting a voltage signal indicative of the temperature of the digital circuit, where the voltage signal reflects non-linear temperature sensitivity above a predetermined threshold temperature, and delay mechanisms receiving said temperature sensitive voltage signal(s) as input and being configured to automatically continuously modulate the speed of signal propagation through the circuit in response to said voltage signal, thereby causing circuit elements within the circuits to switch less frequently and consequently causing the circuit elements to generate less heat with increasing circuit temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: David Fang, Filipp Akopyan, Rajit Manohar