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2000 IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
A Networked FPGA-Based Hardware Implementation of a Neural Network Application
Napa, California
April 17-April 19
ISBN: 0-7695-0871-5
Héctor Fabio Restrepo, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Ralph Hoffmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Andres Perez-Uribe, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Christof Teuscher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Eduardo Sanchez, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
This paper describes a networked FPGA-based implementation of the FAST (Flexible Adaptable- Size Topology) architecture, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) that dynamically adapts its size. Most ANN models base their ability to adapt to problems on changing the strength of the interconnections between computational elements according to a given learning algorithm. However, constrained interconnection structures may limit such ability. Field programmable hardware devices are very well adapted for the implementation of ANN with in-circuit structure adaptation. To realize this implementation we used a network of Labomat 3 boards (a reconfigurable platform developed in our laboratory), which communicate with each other using TCP/IP or a faster, direct hardware connection.
Citation:
Héctor Fabio Restrepo, Ralph Hoffmann, Andres Perez-Uribe, Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez, "A Networked FPGA-Based Hardware Implementation of a Neural Network Application," fccm, pp.337, 2000 IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, 2000
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