Artificial neural network computation acceleration apparatus for distributed processing, artificial neural network acceleration system using same, and artificial neural network acceleration method therefor

Abstract

An artificial neural network computation acceleration apparatus for distributed processing includes an external main memory for storing input data and synapse weights for input neurons; an internal buffer memory for storing a synapse weight and input data required for each cycle constituting the artificial neural network computation; a DMA module for directly transmitting/receiving data to/from the external main memory and the internal buffer memory; and a general-use communication media block capable of transmitting/receiving the input data and the synapse weights for the input neurons and a result of the computation performed by the neural network computation device to/from another acceleration apparatus physically connected regardless of the type of an integrated circuit.