Multiprocessor and memory architecture of the neurocomputer SYNAPSE-1.
A general purpose neurocomputer, SYNAPSE-1, which exhibits a multiprocessor and memory architecture is presented. It offers wide flexibility with respect to neural algorithms and a speed-up factor of several orders of magnitude--including learning. The computational power is provided by a 2-dimensional systolic array of neural signal processors. Since the weights are stored outside these NSPs, memory size and processing power can be adapted individually to the application needs. A neural algorithms programming language, embedded in C(+2) has been defined for the user to cope with the neurocomputer. In a benchmark test, the prototype of SYNAPSE-1 was 8000 times as fast as a standard workstation.
Ramacher
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Siemens AG, Corp. R & D, Munich, Germany.
Raab
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Anlauf
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Hachmann
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U
Beichter
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J
Brüls
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Wesseling
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M
Sicheneder
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Männer
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Glass
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D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003199:Computer Systems; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011381:Programming Languages