Scalable photonic deep neural networks; from tiled electronic-photonic chips to photonic training (SPDNN)

Abstract

Deep learning using deep neural networks is increasingly in demand for many applications from image and speech recognition to artificial intelligence. The state-of-the-art method for implementation of such networks is to utilize advanced parallel graphics processing units (GPU) where despite excellent performance, it suffers from high power consumption and long processing time for complex multi-layer networks. Here, we propose to work on photonic deep neural networks by conducting 4 tasks; (1) measurement and demonstration of a monolithic photonic deep photonic network with a larger number of neurons for instantaneous classification of high resolutionimages compared, (2) Tape-out and measurements of a highly scalable multi-chip "tiled" photonic deep neural network for instantaneous image classification. (3) design and tape-out of photonic deep networks for instantaneous classification of input digital data, and (4) design and tape-out of photonic back propagation for nanosecond leveltraining of deep neural networks.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Jan 13, 2025
Source ID
N000142512126

Entities

People

  • Firooz Aflatouni

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution