Published May 29, 2020
| Version 4.3.0
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genn-team/genn: GeNN 4.3.0
Authors/Creators
- 1. University of Sussex
- 2. @Cyanapse
- 3. Purdue University
- 4. TechKnok
- 5. Institut de la Vision
- 6. Herr
Description
Release Notes for GeNN v4.3.0 (PyGeNN 0.4.0)
This release adds a number of significant new features to GeNN as well as making small improvements to PyGeNN. It also includes a number of bug fixes that have been identified since the 4.2.1 release.
User Side Changes- Previously GeNN performed poorly with large numbers of populations. This version includes a new code generator which effectively solves this problem (see paper).
InitSparseConnectivitySnippet::Baserow build state andNeuronModels::Baseadditional input variables could previously only be initialised with a numeric value. Now they can be initialised with a code string supporting substitutions etc.- Added GeNN implementation of cortical microcircuit model to userprojects (discussed further in paper). Also demonstrates how to dynamically load GeNN models rather than linking against them.
- Previously one pushed states and spikes to and from device in PyGeNN using methods like
pygenn.genn_model.GeNNModel.push_current_spikes_to_devicewhich was somewhat cumbersome. These have now been wrapped in methods likepygenn.genn_groups.NeuronGroup.push_current_spikes_to_devicewhich is somewhat nicer. - The
CodeGenerator::generateAllfunction now returns memory estimates which are, in turn, returned frompygenn.genn_model.GeNNModel.build. - To better support batching of inputs into multiple instances of the same model, added
ModelSpec::addSlaveSynapsePopulationto add synapse populations which share per-synapse state with a 'master' synapse group. - Added extra global parameters to variable initialisation snippets - can be used for lookup table style functionality.
- Added support for host initialisation of sparse connectivity initialisation snippet extra global parameters. This allows host-based initialisation to be encapsulated within an
InitSparseConnectivitySnippet::Baseclass.
- Fixed issues preventing spike recorder classes from compiling with GCC 4.9, thanks to Christoph Ostrau for this one!
- The initialisers for pre and postsynaptic weight update model variables were not searched for references to an RNG when determining whether a neuron group requires an initialisation RNG.
- Fixed issue with PyGeNN and custom var init snippets that led to segfaults.
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Related works
- Is supplement to
- https://github.com/genn-team/genn/tree/4.3.0 (URL)