The Neural Division of Labor: Biologically-Inspired Modular Architectures for Robust Neuromorphic Computing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08317v1
• Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:04:12 GMT
• Title: The Neural Division of Labor: Biologically-Inspired Modular Architectures for Robust Neuromorphic Computing
• Abstract summary: We report a Decomposable Spiking Neural Network (D-SNN) that eliminates global synaptic entanglement.<n>The D-SNN achieves competitive accuracies on MNIST, Fashion-MNIST, and CIFAR-10/100 benchmarks.<n>Our networks operate with up to several orders of magnitude lower firing rates and fewer synaptic operations.
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• Abstract: Biological neural systems achieve high efficiency and robustness through compartmentalized architectures. In contrast, modern artificial neural networks rely on globally entangled structures, which obscure decision logic and suffer from catastrophic forgetting. Here, we report a Decomposable Spiking Neural Network (D-SNN) that eliminates global synaptic entanglement by structurally isolating classification pathways into independent experts. Optimized via a bio-inspired push-pull loss function, the D-SNN achieves competitive accuracies on MNIST, Fashion-MNIST, and CIFAR-10/100 benchmarks. This modular approach matches the performance of fully dense networks while utilizing an order of magnitude fewer parameters. In addition, our networks operate with up to several orders of magnitude lower firing rates and fewer synaptic operations. Furthermore, physically severing connections between experts provides inherent protection against catastrophic forgetting during sequential learning. Crucially, these isolated pathways generate auditable neural signals, increasing decision transparency. This biomimetic, verifiable architecture establishes an efficient foundation for deploying deterministic neuromorphic intelligence in resource-constrained edge environments.

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