The invention relates to a model calculation unit for selectively calculating a layer of a multi-layer perceptron model and at least one further data-based function model with a hardwired computationcore embodied in hardware for calculating a fixed computation algorithm in coupled function blocks, wherein the computation core comprises a state machine and operation blocks. The state machine is used for calculating the layer of the multi-layer perceptron model and the at least one further data-based function model in advance and is further adapted to selectably make before the calculation of the layer of the perceptron model or the calculation of the at least one further data-based function model an input transformation of input variables and/or after the calculation of the layer of the perceptron model or the calculation of the at least one further data-based n function model to make an output transformation of output variables.
Model calculation unit and control unit for calculating neuron layer