Table 1.
Energy measurements from 24-board SpiNNaker system used to execute cortical microcircuit simulations.
| configuration | wall-clock time | total energy (kWh) | synaptic events | energy per synaptic event (μJ/syn-event) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| system only | 12 h | 0.93 | — | — |
| 12 booted boards | 12 h | 4.93 | — | — |
| cortical microcircuit, DC input, real-time | 12 h | 6.59 | — | — |
| cortical microcircuit, Poisson input, real-time | 12 h | 7.11 | — | — |
| cortical microcircuit, DC input, real-time | 10 s | 0.001525a | 9.135 × 109 | 0.601 |
| cortical microcircuit, Poisson input, real-time | 10 s | 0.001646a | 9.343 × 109 | 0.628 |
aQuantity estimated from extended duration simulation.