Neuromorphic computing was a hot topic when IBM released TrueNorth in 2015.

Exascale sucked all the air out of the room through the early 2020s, but neuromorphic appears to be resurfacing as a hot post-exascale topic.

DOE ran a series of requirements gatherings for post-Exascale in September 2024, and neuromorphic was the topic of one workshop.1

Independently, Juelich has suggested that they are going to invest in neuromorphic after they deliver JUPITER.2

In a personal conversation with someone in neuromorphic in September 2024, I learned that there are analog and digital (CMOS) approaches to neuromorphic. TrueNorth is a digital implementation. I don’t know if there has ever been a commercial analog implementation.

Footnotes

  1. Hal Finkel mentioned this at the ASCAC meeting on September 2024. Need to find the slides.

  2. This was mentioned by Hans-Christian from LRZ at Smoky Mountains Conference in September 2024.