SCHEDULE: NOV 10-16, 2007

A Preliminary Investigation of a Neocortex Model Implementation on the Cray XD1

Session: Computational Biology

Event Type: Paper

Time: 10:30am - 11:00am

Session Chair: Ann L Chervenak

Author(s): Kenneth L. Rice, Christopher N. Vutsinas, Tarek M. Taha

Location: A1 / A6

Abstract:
In this paper we study the acceleration of a new class of cognitive processing applications based on the structure of the neocortex. Specifically we examine the speedup of a visual cortex model for image recognition. We propose techniques to accelerate the application on general purpose processors and on reconfigurable logic. We present implementations of our approach on a Cray XD1 and compare the performance potential of scaling the design utilizing reconfigurable logic based acceleration to a software only design. Our results indicate that acceleration using reconfigurable logic can provide a significant speedup over a software only implementation.

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Chair/Author Details:

Ann L Chervenak (Chair)
USC Information Sciences Institute

Kenneth L. Rice
Clemson University

Christopher N. Vutsinas
Clemson University

Tarek M. Taha
Clemson University

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