Design of a MIMD neural network processor

Richard E. Saeks; Kevin L. Priddy; Robert M. Pap; S. Stowell

doi:10.1117/12.169980

2 March 1994 Design of a MIMD neural network processor

Richard E. Saeks, Kevin L. Priddy, Robert M. Pap, S. Stowell

Proceedings Volume 2243, Applications of Artificial Neural Networks V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169980
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Accurate Automation Corporation (AAC) neural network processor (NNP) module is a fully programmable multiple instruction multiple data (MIMD) parallel processor optimized for the implementation of neural networks. The AAC NNP design fully exploits the intrinsic sparseness of neural network topologies. Moreover, by using a MIMD parallel processing architecture one can update multiple neurons in parallel with efficiency approaching 100 percent as the size of the network increases. Each AAC NNP module has 8 K neurons and 32 K interconnections and is capable of 140,000,000 connections per second with an eight processor array capable of over one billion connections per second.

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Richard E. Saeks, Kevin L. Priddy, Robert M. Pap, and S. Stowell "Design of a MIMD neural network processor", Proc. SPIE 2243, Applications of Artificial Neural Networks V, (2 March 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169980

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