Research
Papers, validation, and benchmarks.
Latest
Catalyst N2 Paper
Full Loihi 2 Parity in an Open Neuromorphic Architecture
17 pages. Architecture, programmable neuron models, multi-backend SDK, hardware validation.
Read PDFFirst Generation
Catalyst N1 Paper
A 128-Core Spiking Neuromorphic Processor
13 pages. Architecture, instruction set, SDK, benchmarks.
Read PDFHardware Validation
N2 has been validated on real programmable hardware. Every test passing. Cycle-accurate, bit-exact results matching the software simulation.
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All validation tests passing
✓ Basic spike propagation
✓ Multi-core routing
✓ Learning convergence
✓ Programmable neuron models
✓ Graded spike payloads
✓ Deployment and runtime
✓ Performance benchmarks
Benchmarks
85.9%
SHD Benchmark (float)
Spiking Heidelberg Digits — speech recognition with spiking neural networks.
85.4%
SHD Benchmark (quantized)
Hardware-accurate fixed-point mode. Only 0.5% accuracy loss from quantization.