Title :
On the cost effectiveness of logarithmic arithmetic for backpropagation training on SIMD processors
Author :
Arnold, Mark G. ; Bailey, Thomas A. ; Cupal, Jerry J. ; Winkel, Mark D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wyoming Univ., Laramie, WY, USA
Abstract :
We show that backpropagation on a SIMD processor with logarithmic arithmetic uses less memory and may be up to 3.2 times more cost effective than on one with fixed point arithmetic when synthesized in the same technology
Keywords :
arithmetic; backpropagation; parallel architectures; SIMD processors; backpropagation training; cost effectiveness; logarithmic arithmetic; Computer science; Costs; Data engineering; Digital arithmetic; Feedforward systems; Feeds; Neural networks; Neurons; Signal processing algorithms; Supervised learning;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks,1997., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4122-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICNN.1997.616150
