Neuromorphic processing system and method of operating the same

Abstract

A neuromorphic processing system () is disclosed comprising a plurality of neuromorphic processing clusters () coupled to a message exchange network () for exchange of event messages. A neuromorphic cluster therein comprises a message receiving facility () to receive event messages from the message exchange network, a message transmitting facility () to transmit event messages via the message exchange network and a neuromorphic processor () having a set of state memory entries () for storing a value representative of a neuromorphic state associated with a neuromorphic element and a computation facility () to update the neuromorphic state associated with neuromorphic elements that are indicated as the destination of the event message. The message receiving facility () and/or the message transmitting facility () are enhanced to enable message distribution according to a pattern.