A digital parallel VLSI architecture for fuzzy data base mining

• Published in: Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 3rd International Fuzzy Systems Conference pp. 284 - 289 vol.1
• Main Authors: Bellettini, A., Ferrari, A., Guerrieri, R., Baccarani, G.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1994
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Central Processing Unit; Computer architecture; Data mining; Electronic mail; Software algorithms; Software performance; Sun; Very large scale integration; Workstations
• ISBN: 078031896X; 9780780318960
• DOI: 10.1109/FUZZY.1994.343675

This paper describes the design and implementation of an application-specific digital architecture aimed at performing the mining of fuzzy database. The system described is an array-processor architecture in which the database is split among several units that at the same time apply the same operations to different data stored in local memories. A chip set implementing the architecture has been built using a semicustom approach and it is fully functional. The sustained memory bandwidth of a system featuring 8 units is 2560 Mbit/sec and it provides a speed-up of 500 times over the software algorithm running on a SUN Sparc2 workstation.< >