Field Programmable Neural Array: Artificial Intelligence at the Edge

Abstract

This paper will present the architecture of an Field Programmable Neural Array (FPNA) for AI applications at the tactical computing edge. This platform combines domain specific accelerators for AI with a reconfigurable interconnect to permit any Deep Neural Network to be mapped into the FPNA. The FPNA includes domain specific accelerators that perform inference tasks with higher computing efficiency than CPUs and GPUs, approaching that of ASICs designed specifically for AI applications, and a reconfigurable interconnect providing the flexibility and connectivity of an FPGA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2019
Accession Number
AD1075605

Entities

People

  • Max Yu
  • Melissa Bezandry
  • Oluseyi A. Ayorinde
  • Peter Gadfori

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Annealing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Efficiency
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Neural Networks
  • Resilience

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks