VLSI implementation of neural classifiers

  • Authors:
  • Arun Rao;Mark R. Walker;Lawrence T. Clark;L. A. Akers;R. O. Grondin

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6206 USA;Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6206 USA;Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6206 USA;Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6206 USA;Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6206 USA

  • Venue:
  • Neural Computation
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

The embedding of neural networks in real-time systems performing classification and clustering tasks requires that models be implemented in hardware. A flexible, pipelined associative memory capable of operating in real-time is proposed as a hardware substrate for the emulation of neural fixed-radius clustering and binary classification schemes. This paper points out several important considerations in the development of hardware implementations. As a specific example, it is shown how the ART1 paradigm can be functionally emulated by the limited resolution pipelined architecture, in the absence of full parallelism.