Information processing system
First Claim
1. An information processing system, comprising:
- a plurality of neurons each having a memory for storing a weight value which is related to the other neurons;
means for generating an address signal for specifying sequentially one by one said plurality of neurons;
an address bus, connected to said means for generating and each neuron, for transmitting said address signal; and
a data bus, connected to each neuron, for transmitting an output signal value from each neuron to the other neurons;
wherein each neuron determines its output signal value in accordance with a total sum of products of its associated weight value and the output signal values of the other neurons, and one of said neurons which is specified by said address signal sends out an output signal value to said data bus.
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Abstract
An information processing system includes a plurality of functional blocks (neurons) and a data bus for transmitting in common the outputs of the individual functional blocks (neurons). Data transaction among the functional blocks (neurons) is performed through the data bus on the time-division basis. For preventing the outputs from conflicting or competition, addresses are assigned to the individual blocks (neurons), respectively, so that only the functional blocks (neuron) having the own address designated by the address signal supplied through an address bus outputs data signal onto the data bus, while the other functional blocks (neurons) receive the information on the data bus as the signal originating in the functional block whose address is designated at that time point. The addresses are sequentially changed. During a round of the address signals, data are transmitted from given functional blocks (neurons) to other given functional blocks (neurons).
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18 Claims
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1. An information processing system, comprising:
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a plurality of neurons each having a memory for storing a weight value which is related to the other neurons; means for generating an address signal for specifying sequentially one by one said plurality of neurons; an address bus, connected to said means for generating and each neuron, for transmitting said address signal; and a data bus, connected to each neuron, for transmitting an output signal value from each neuron to the other neurons; wherein each neuron determines its output signal value in accordance with a total sum of products of its associated weight value and the output signal values of the other neurons, and one of said neurons which is specified by said address signal sends out an output signal value to said data bus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information processing system, comprising:
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a plurality of neurons each having a memory for storing a weight value which is related to the other neurons; means for generating an address signal for specifying sequentially one by one said plurality of neurons; an address bus, connected to said means for generating and each neuron, for transmitting said address signal; and a data bus, connected to each neuron, for transmitting an output signal value from each neuron to at least one of the other neurons; wherein each neuron determines its output signal value in accordance with a total sum of products of its associated weight value and the output signal values of the other neurons, and one of said neurons which is specified by said address signal sends out an output signal value to said data bus.
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13. An information processing method in an information processing system including a plurality of neurons each having a memory, said neurons being connected to each other by a data bus and an address bus, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing a weight value in each memory related to the other neurons; generating an address signal for specifying sequentially one by one some of said plurality of neurons; transmitting on said address bus said address signal; and transmitting one said data bus an output signal value from each neuron to at least one of the other neurons; wherein each neuron determines its output signal value in accordance with a total sum of products of its associated weight value and the output signal values of the other neurons, and one of said neurons which is specified by said address signal sends out an output signal value to said data bus.
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14. An information processing system including a plurality of neurons each having a memory, said system comprising:
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means for generating an address signal for specifying sequentially one by one said plurality of neurons; an address bus, connected to said means for generating and each neuron, for transmitting said address signal; and a data bus, connected to each neuron, for transmitting an output signal value from each neuron to the other neurons; wherein each memory has prestored therein a weight value which is related to the other neurons; and wherein each neuron determines its output signal value in accordance with a total sum of products of its associated weight value and the output signal values of the other neurons, and one of said neurons which is specified by said address signal sends out an output signal value to said data bus.
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15. An information processing method in an information processing system including a plurality of neurons each having a memory, said neurons being connected to each other by a data bus and an address bus, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in each memory a weight value related to the other neurons; generating an address signal for specifying sequentially one by one some of said plurality of neurons; transmitting on said address bus said address signal; and transmitting one said data bus an output signal value from each neuron to at least one of the other neurons; wherein each neuron determines its output signal value in accordance with a total sum of products of its associated weight value and the output signal values of the other neurons, and one of said neurons which is specified by said address signal sends out an output signal value to said data bus. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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