Event-Based Neuromorphic Systems

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

1D	one dimensional
2D	two dimensional
3D	three dimensional
ACA	analog computing arrays
ACK	acknowledge
A/D	analog–digital (converter)
ADC	analog–digital converter
AdEx	Adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire model
AE	address event
AEB	address-event bus
AER	address-event representation
AEX	AER extension board
AFGA	autozeroing floating-gate amplifier
AGC	automatic gain control
ALOHA	Not actually an abbreviation, ALOHA refers to a network media access protocol originally developed at the University of Hawaii
ANN	artificial neural network
ANNCORE	analog neural network core
API	Application Programming Interface
APS	active pixel sensor
AQC	automatic Q (quality factor) control
ARM	Acorn RISC Machine
ASIC	application-specific integrated circuit
ASIMO	Advanced Step in Innovative MObility (robot)
ASP	analog signal processor/processing
ATA	AT Attachment (also PATA: Parallel ATA); an interface standard for connecting mass storage devices (e.g., hard disks) in computers
ATIS	asynchronous time-based image sensor
ATLUM	Automatic Tape-collecting Lathe Ultra-Microtome
aVLSI	Analog very large scale integration
BB	bias buffer
BGA	ball grid array
BJT	bipolar junction transistor
BM	basilar membrane
BPF	band-pass filter
bps	bits per second
Bps	bytes per second
BSI	back-side illumination
C4	capacitively coupled current conveyor
CAB	computational analog block
CADSP	cooperative analog–digital ...