id: 01967457 dt: j an: 01967457 au: Sammut, K. M.; Jones, S. R. ti: Arithmetic unit design for neural accelerators: Cost performance issues. so: IEEE Trans. Comput. 44, No. 10, 1256-1260 (1995). py: 1995 pu: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Washington, DC la: EN cc: ut: neural networks; linear array accelerators; instruction set measurements ci: li: doi:10.1109/12.467702 ab: Summary: Arithmetic unit design is a key issue when supporting the computational requirements of neural networks. However, there is little quantitative evidence from the study of existing neural accelerators to help choose between arithmetic constructs. This paper presents an assesment of the cost-performance trade-offs between arithmetic constructs for linear neural accelerators. rv: