title: Multiprocessor and memory architecture of the neurocomputer SYNAPSE-1.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Siemens AG, Corp. R & D, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ramacher
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Raab
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anlauf
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hachmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beichter
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brüls
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wesseling
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sicheneder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Männer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003199:Computer Systems; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011381:Programming Languages