BRAINWAY and nano-Abacus architecture: Brain-inspired Cognitive Computing using Energy Efficient Physical Computational Structures, Algorithms and Architecture Co-Design

Continuing on the theme of the prior chapter, Andreas Andreou provides a number of examples of bio-inspired chip designs, many of which are components in systems that solve complex problems of interest to organizations like DARPA. It also describes three waves of computing that match well with ideas presented in chapter 1. This chapter addresses major issues in AI system design, such as data movement, energy limited computation, design methodology, and chip architecture. Andreou places particular emphasis on software-architecture-hardware co-design.