An on-chip-trainable Gaussian-Kernel analog support vector machine

  • Authors:
  • Kyunghee Kang;Tadashi Shibata

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

An analog circuit architecture of Gaussian-kernel support vector machines having on-chip training capability has been developed. It has a scalable array processor configuration and the circuit size increases only in proportion to the number of learning samples. Thanks to the hardware-friendly algorithm employed in the present work, the learning function is realized by attaching a small additional circuitry to the SVM classifying hardware. The SVM classifying hardware is composed as an array of Gaussian circuits. Although the system is inherently analog, the input and output signals including training results are all available in digital format. Therefore, the learned parameters are easily stored and reused after training sessions. A proof-of concept chip containing 2-class, 2-D, 12-template classifier was designed and fabricated in a 0.18-µm CMOS technology. The experimental results obtained from the fabricated chips are presented and compared with theoretical calculation results. It can classify 8.7 × 105 vectors per second and the average power dissipation was 220 µW. The learning capability was tested using eight fabricated chips and the variability among these chips were evaluated. Successful operation of the chips was confirmed by measurement results, which demonstrates that on-chip-learning can compensate for analog imperfections.