Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!nsc!andrew From: andrew@nsc.nsc.com (andrew) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: Re: PDP programs not working for large nets? Summary: max size empirically Keywords: Neural Nets, PDP, pa Message-ID: <10003@nsc.nsc.com> Date: 23 Feb 89 11:05:02 GMT References: <539@tekno.chalmers.se> <2730@usceast.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 20 > use the block commands in the .net file. > We tried it on a Vax 11/725 > and a Apollo. Both machines gave either > a segmentation fault or out > of memory error. > ___________________________________________________ > | Fred Fenimore | fenimore@usceast.UUCP | > --------------------------------------------------- Using the program, I find I top out at about 1E6 weights, 1E3 nodes using a Unix environment. I'm sure tweaking the source "emalloc()"s would give relief. Helpful? - hope so; Andrew Palfreyman, MS D3969 PHONE: 408-721-4788 work National Semiconductor 408-247-0145 home 2900 Semiconductor Dr. there's many a slip P.O. Box 58090 'twixt cup and lip Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090 DOMAIN: andrew@logic.sc.nsc.com ARPA: nsc!logic!andrew@sun.com USENET: ...{amdahl,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,sun}!nsc!logic!andrew