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International exploration describes how the natural massive parallelism of the brain inspires novel VLSI designs

Journal Article · · IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micro; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/40.42984· OSTI ID:6764560

Artificial neural networks have experienced spectacular growth in the last few years. However, only very large scale integration (VLSI) processor arrays can realize the true computing potential of massively parallel neural networks. The realization of these neurocomputers--which are optimized to the computation of neural models--follows one of two approaches: {ital general-purpose} neurocomputers that consist of programmable processor arrays for emulating a range of neural network models, or {ital special-purpose} neurocomputers that are dedicated hardware implementations of a specific neural network model.

OSTI ID:
6764560
Journal Information:
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micro; (USA), Journal Name: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micro; (USA) Vol. 9:6; ISSN IEMID; ISSN 0272-1732
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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