Neural network sequencer and interface apparatus
US5487153A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/8007
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The sequencer (14) is part of a computational system (10) which includes a computational circuit component, or processor node array (16); the sequencer, or controller component (14); and a boundary interface (34) between the computational circuit component (16) and the controller component (14). The controller component (14) provides three main functions in the system: (one) it sequences computations in a computational component (16), which includes an array of processor nodes (74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84); (two) it provides I/O processing (20) from several disparate sources between the processor node array (16) and a host processor (12); and (three) it synchronizes data flow from a substantially asynchronous portion of the system (12) with a substantially synchronous data flow in the processor node array portion of the system (16).
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