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Photograph of Tanner neural network reconfigurable computer.
The middle
daughtercard was removed to better illustrate the depth of
the board.
Tanner Labs has developed a powerful reconfigurable computer
for neural network simulation and development. To maximize
flexibility, we implemented a modular design: five daughtercards,
each with two FPGAs, are mounted on a motherboard that has
a PCI interface to a personal computer. We developed a highly
connected topology so that the ten FPGAs effectively function
as a single, large FPGA, and we selected the most powerful
FPGAs currently on the market.
This research has been sponsored by the U.S. Air Force under
the SBIR
program.
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