Descripción del proyecto
Plataforma fotónica integrada y disruptiva para esquemas informáticos
Los paradigmas bioinspirados y cuánticos son dos métodos informáticos emergentes que pretenden superar las limitaciones de los métodos tradicionales. El equipo del proyecto PROMETHEUS, financiado con fondos europeos, acortará la brecha entre la informática bioinspirada y la cuántica al desarrollar una plataforma común que integre los puntos fuertes de ambos paradigmas. En el proyecto se creará una plataforma fotónica integrada que combine la escalabilidad de la informática cuántica con la eficiencia de la informática neuromórfica. La plataforma utilizará una densa malla reconfigurable de guía de ondas de silicio alimentada por desfasadores de titanato de bario no volátiles y láseres de pico en un chip, lo cual permite un bajo consumo de energía y un ajuste de alta velocidad durante la reconfiguración de la malla. El sofisticado envoltorio electroóptico permitirá a la plataforma PROMETHEUS convertirse en un motor híbrido independiente para aplicaciones exigentes.
Objetivo
Bio-inspired and quantum paradigms have risen as the two main competitors aiming to address the inefficiency of “conventional” computational schemes. Up to now these two paradigms utilize non-overlapping routes towards addressing this common objective; routes that are challenging in terms of scalability and integration readiness. PROMETHEUS’ proposition aims to shatter the boundaries between neuromorphic and quantum engineering and merge them to a common disruptive photonic integrated platform, able to merge each field’s merits. The platform will be based on a dense reconfigurable silicon waveguide mesh, powered by non-volatile BaTiO3 phase-shifters offering marginal power consumption and GHz tuning speed, during mesh reconfiguration. A key “upgrade” to this “synaptic” platform will be the co-integration of ultra-fast, multi-section lasers, acting as “neurons”. Sophisticated electro-optic packaging, will provide the basis to PROMETHES’ platform so as to evolve from the proof-of-concept limbo to a standalone neuromorphic/quantum hybrid integrated engine. This versatile chip will enable the realization of neuromorphic architectures such as large-scale spiking neural networks by exploiting signal multiplexing and GHz firing rate, photonic time-based convolutional networks, liquid state machines and on-chip training. PROMETHEUS will render feasible the exploration of disruptive concepts such as quantum reservoir computing. The platform will be utilized as an integrated quantum random generator and as a physical unclonble function, adding physical layer trustworthiness and novel security features. PROMETHEUS’ chips will be benchmarked, in terms of consumption, accuracy, speed and versatility, in a set of demanding applications that extend from ultra-fast image processing for flow cytometry and machine vision, signal equalization and authentication in high-speed optical links to quantum key generation and distribution.
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HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
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