Scaling analysis of a neocortex inspired cognitive model on the Cray XD1

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-43

  Rice, Kenneth L ^a   Taha, Tarek M ^a   Vutsinas, Christopher N ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive algorithms; Parallel computing; Performance scaling; Reconfigurable computing

Indexed keywords

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE THROUGHPUTS; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; COGNITIVE ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE MODELS; COMPUTING SYSTEMS; FPGA IMPLEMENTATIONS; HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; LARGER NETWORKS; NEW CLASSES; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PARALLEL SOFTWARES; PERFORMANCE SCALING; RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING; RECONFIGURABLE LOGICS; SCALING ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SPEED-UP;

HARDWARE;

EID: 57849093682     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: 15730484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11227-008-0195-z     Document Type: Article

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