A Codesigned Photonic Electronic MAC Neuron with ADC-Embedded Nonlinearity
Lorenzo De Marinis, Alessandro Catania, P. Castoldi, Paolo Bruschi, Massimo Piotto, Nicola Andriolli · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics · 2021
We present a reduced-precision integrated photonic electronic multiply-accumulate (MAC) neuron with ADC-embedded nonlinearity. The proposed device trades off speed with resolution, outperforming both analog and digital electronic solutions in terms of speed and energy consumption.