Reprogrammable CNN and supercomputer
US5355528A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/065
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention has 3 parts. Part 1 proposes a new CNN universal chip architecture with analog stored programs and time-multiplex templates. This breakthrough replaces hundreds of dedicated CNN chips with a single programmable, real-time VLSI chip with comparable significance to the invention of the microprocessor which gave birth to the personal computer industry. Part 2 proposes a unique wireless non-optical method for outputting information from the CNN analog array via electromagnetic waves generated by nonlinear oscillations and chaos. Part 3 combines a set of analog, or digitally emulated, CNN universal chips to design a CNN array supercomputer capable of solving nonlinear partial differential equations (e.g., wave type, Navier-Stokes-type, etc.) at a fraction of the time or cost required by current digital supercomputers. Indeed, "programmable physics" or "programmable bionics" can be implemented.
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