{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4410491931","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsii.2025.3571598","title":"A Visual-Cortex-Mimetic Tiny Neuromorphic Vision Processor Based on Reconfigurable Cortical Neuron Unit","display_name":"A Visual-Cortex-Mimetic Tiny Neuromorphic Vision Processor Based on Reconfigurable Cortical Neuron Unit","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-05-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4410491931","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsii.2025.3571598"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcsii.2025.3571598","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsii.2025.3571598","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S93916849","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs","issn_l":"1549-7747","issn":["1549-7747","1558-3791"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071002513","display_name":"Mingju Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-6903"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I64852412","display_name":"Sichuan University of Science and Engineering","ror":"https://ror.org/053fzma23","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I64852412"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mingju Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, Sichuan, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-6903","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, Sichuan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I64852412"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Junxian He","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9262-9219"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Junxian He","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9262-9219","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004252799","display_name":"Haibing Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3663-9138"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haibing Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3663-9138","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057933579","display_name":"Tengxiao Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8335-0712"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tengxiao Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8335-0712","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005419310","display_name":"Haoran Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-6302"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haoran Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-6302","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100657035","display_name":"Liyuan Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2585-323X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149211","display_name":"Institute of Semiconductors","ror":"https://ror.org/048dd0611","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210149211"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liyuan Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2585-323X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149211","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100346965","display_name":"Ying Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5172-4736"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210090176","display_name":"Institute of Computing Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0090r4d87","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210090176"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ying Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Computer Architecture, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5172-4736","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Computer Architecture, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210090176","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069699411","display_name":"Cong Shi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-4411"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Cong Shi","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-4411","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.9253,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.74680555,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"72","issue":"7","first_page":"943","last_page":"947"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10502","display_name":"Advanced Memory and Neural Computing","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10502","display_name":"Advanced Memory and Neural Computing","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11601","display_name":"Neuroscience and Neural Engineering","score":0.9986000061035156,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2804","display_name":"Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11992","display_name":"CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors","score":0.9980999827384949,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neuromorphic-engineering","display_name":"Neuromorphic engineering","score":0.9039071798324585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visual-cortex","display_name":"Visual cortex","score":0.6754989624023438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6160991191864014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cortex","display_name":"Cortex (anatomy)","score":0.5629783868789673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neuroscience","display_name":"Neuroscience","score":0.506843626499176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neuron","display_name":"Neuron","score":0.47026166319847107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cortical-neurons","display_name":"Cortical neurons","score":0.4502338171005249},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.3680671453475952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.348741739988327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-graphics","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","score":0.3370605409145355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.28055593371391296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-neural-network","display_name":"Artificial neural network","score":0.14059770107269287}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151927369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1981312","display_name":"Neuromorphic engineering","level":3,"score":0.9039071798324585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779345533","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75785","display_name":"Visual cortex","level":2,"score":0.6754989624023438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6160991191864014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777348757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2346577","display_name":"Cortex (anatomy)","level":2,"score":0.5629783868789673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.506843626499176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778794669","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43054","display_name":"Neuron","level":2,"score":0.47026166319847107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2983650178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75839","display_name":"Cortical neurons","level":2,"score":0.4502338171005249},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.3680671453475952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.348741739988327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121684516","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600677","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","level":1,"score":0.3370605409145355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.28055593371391296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.14059770107269287}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcsii.2025.3571598","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsii.2025.3571598","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S93916849","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs","issn_l":"1549-7747","issn":["1549-7747","1558-3791"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","score":0.49000000953674316}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6796580103","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62334008","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6992634128","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2023RYY07","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320329861","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7382294179","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"92464103","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320329861","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":26,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2138913040","https://openalex.org/W2163288878","https://openalex.org/W2345032733","https://openalex.org/W2783525259","https://openalex.org/W2966081953","https://openalex.org/W2990793844","https://openalex.org/W3012075737","https://openalex.org/W3124716720","https://openalex.org/W3175305028","https://openalex.org/W3198060805","https://openalex.org/W4206199833","https://openalex.org/W4225590485","https://openalex.org/W4284973893","https://openalex.org/W4285144618","https://openalex.org/W4308479820","https://openalex.org/W4317796237","https://openalex.org/W4376652608","https://openalex.org/W4379382513","https://openalex.org/W4388430470","https://openalex.org/W4391341605","https://openalex.org/W4394595737","https://openalex.org/W4396505671","https://openalex.org/W4396712890","https://openalex.org/W4399513280","https://openalex.org/W4403916701","https://openalex.org/W4403917454"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2034574984","https://openalex.org/W1993532945","https://openalex.org/W1994056074","https://openalex.org/W1995132808","https://openalex.org/W2015845327","https://openalex.org/W2412669475","https://openalex.org/W2415640989","https://openalex.org/W1986370492","https://openalex.org/W2160579003","https://openalex.org/W2384152178"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Edge":[0],"visual":[1,68,113],"systems":[2],"demand":[3],"high":[4,167],"energy-efficiency":[5],"vision":[6,56],"processors":[7],"like":[8],"neuromorphic":[9,55,136],"hardware":[10,94],"leveraging":[11],"spikebased":[12],"computations.":[13],"But":[14],"their":[15],"disability":[16],"of":[17,156,171],"directly":[18],"interacting":[19],"with":[20],"non-spike":[21],"information":[22],"in":[23,66,116],"the":[24,63,67,129,147],"real":[25],"world":[26],"requests":[27],"additional":[28],"components":[29],"to":[30,126,131,162],"execute":[31],"image":[32,72,160],"pre-processing,":[33,73],"spike":[34,74,81],"encoding":[35],"and":[36,44,79,165],"decoding,":[37],"severely":[38],"increasing":[39],"overall":[40],"system":[41],"cost,":[42],"energy":[43],"latency.":[45],"To":[46,92],"overcome":[47],"such":[48],"drawback,":[49],"this":[50],"brief":[51],"proposes":[52],"a":[53,89,100,117,141,152,166,176],"tiny":[54],"processor":[57,97,130,137],"which":[58,106],"emulates":[59],"functional":[60],"regions":[61,115],"along":[62],"ventral":[64],"pathway":[65],"cortex.":[69],"It":[70,120],"performs":[71],"encoding,":[75],"spike-based":[76],"feature":[77],"extraction":[78],"classification,":[80],"decoding":[82],"as":[83,85,179,181],"well":[84],"decision":[86,164],"making":[87],"on":[88,99,140],"single":[90],"chip.":[91],"reduce":[93],"resources,":[95],"our":[96],"builds":[98],"reconfigurable":[101],"cortical":[102],"neuron":[103,109],"(RCN)":[104],"unit,":[105],"runs":[107],"different":[108,112],"models":[110],"for":[111],"cortex":[114],"timemultiplexing":[118],"fashion.":[119],"also":[121],"embeds":[122],"biological":[123],"learning":[124,169],"circuits":[125],"better":[127],"adapt":[128],"dynamic":[132],"edge":[133],"scenarios.":[134],"Our":[135],"was":[138],"prototyped":[139],"very-low-cost":[142],"Xilinx":[143],"Zynq-7010":[144],"device.":[145],"On":[146],"MNIST":[148],"dataset,":[149],"it":[150],"exhibited":[151],"real-time":[153],"inference":[154],"speed":[155],"696":[157],"frame/s":[158],"covering":[159],"pre-processing":[161],"final":[163],"on-chip":[168],"accuracy":[170],"97.12%,":[172],"while":[173],"only":[174],"delivering":[175],"power":[177],"consumption":[178],"low":[180],"118":[182],"mW.":[183]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}