Silicon compilation of neural networks
Meyer Nigri, Philip Colin Treleaven, Marley M. B. R. Vellasco · 2002
The aim of PYGMALION, a neural network programming environment, is to fully integrate the silicon compiler with the programming environment. Neural networks written in PYGMALION's nC network specification language translate either to binary (for simulation) or silicon (for hardware). The silicon compilation project is described. It comprises three major parts: the PYGMALION programming environment, including nC; the so-called generic-neuron VLSI architecture at the heart of the silicon compiler; and the strategy for compiling from nC to silicon, focusing on the high-level synthesis.>