Recent Work in VLSI Elements for Digital Implementations of Artificial Neural Networks

TitleRecent Work in VLSI Elements for Digital Implementations of Artificial Neural Networks
Publication TypeTechnical Report
Year of Publication1991
AuthorsKingsbury, B., Irissou B., Asanović K., Wawrzynek J., & Morgan N.
Other Numbers704
Abstract

A family of high-performance, area-efficient VLSI elements is being developed to simplify the design of artificial neural network processors. The libraries are designed around the MOSIS Scalable CMOS design rules, giving users the option of fabricating designs in 2.0um or 1.2um n-well processes, and greatly simplifying migration of the libraries to new MOSIS technologies. To date, libraries and generators have been created for saturating and nonsaturating adders, a two's-complement multiplier, and a triple-ported register file. The SPERT processor currently being designed at ICSI will be based upon these libraries, and is expected to run at 50 MHz when realized in a 1.2um CMOS technology.

URLhttp://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/ftp/global/pub/techreports/1991/tr-91-074.pdf
Bibliographic Notes

ICSI Technical Report TR-91-074

Abbreviated Authors

B. E. D. Kingsbury, B. Irissou, K. Asanovic, J. Wawrzynek, and N. Morgan

ICSI Publication Type

Technical Report