LogTOTEM: A logarithmic neural processor and its implementation on an FPGA fabric

IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2764-2769

  Lee, P ^a   Costa, E ^a   McBader, S ^b   Clementel, L ^c   Sartori, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Semtech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NeuriCam   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NUMBER THEORY; TABU SEARCH;

JOINT CONFERENCE;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 51749116215     PISSN: 10987576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2007.4371396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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