Programmable, Asynchronous, Triangular Neighborhood Function for Self-Organizing Maps Realized on Transistor Level

• Autorzy: Kolasa M. , Długosz R. , Bieliński K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A new hardware implementation of the triangular neighborhood function (TNF) for ultra-low power, Kohonen self-organizing maps (SOM) realized in the CMOS 0.18žm technology is presented. Simulations carried out by means of the software model of the SOM show that even low signal resolution at the output of the TNF block of 3-6 bits (depending on input data set) does not lead to significant disturbance of the learning process of the neural network. On the other hand, the signal resolution has a dominant influence on the overall circuit complexity i.e. the chip area and the energy consumption. The proposed neighborhood mechanism is very fast. For an example neighborhood range of 15 a delay between the first and the last neighboring neuron does not exceed 20 ns. This in practice means that the adaptation process starts in all neighboring neurons almost at the same time. As a result, data rates of 10-20 MHz are achievable, independently on the number of neurons in the map. The proposed SOM dissipates the power in-between 100 mW and 1 W, depending on the number of neurons in the map. For the comparison, the same network realized on PC achieves in simulations data rates in-between 10 Hz and 1 kHz. Data rate is in this case linearly dependend on the number of neurons.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

self-organizing map; parallel signal processing; CMOS realization; low energy consumption; digital circuits

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: Vol. 56, No. 4
• Strony: 367--373
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kolasa M.

autor

Długosz R.

autor

Bieliński K.

• Institute of Electrical Engineering, University of Tecnology and Life Sciences, ul. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796, Bydgoszcz, Poland,

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