Title :
A digital parallel VLSI architecture for fuzzy data base mining
Author :
Bellettini, A. ; Ferrari, A. ; Guerrieri, R. ; Baccarani, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Bologna Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and implementation of an application-specific digital architecture aimed at performing the mining of fuzzy database. The system described is an array-processor architecture in which the database is split among several units that at the same time apply the same operations to different data stored in local memories. A chip set implementing the architecture has been built using a semicustom approach and it is fully functional. The sustained memory bandwidth of a system featuring 8 units is 2560 Mbit/sec and it provides a speed-up of 500 times over the software algorithm running on a SUN Sparc2 workstation
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; database management systems; fuzzy logic; information retrieval; microprocessor chips; parallel architectures; search problems; sorting; 2560 Mbit/s; ASIC; SUN Sparc2 workstation; application-specific digital architecture; arithmetic unit; array-processor architecture; digital parallel VLSI architecture; fuzzy database; local memories; memory bandwidth; sorting unit; Bandwidth; Central Processing Unit; Computer architecture; Data mining; Electronic mail; Software algorithms; Software performance; Sun; Very large scale integration; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems, 1994. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence., Proceedings of the Third IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1896-X
DOI :
10.1109/FUZZY.1994.343675
