The EPSILON processor card: a framework for analog neural computation

Author

Jackson, Geoff ; Hamilton, Alister ; Murray, Alan F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Edinburgh Univ., UK

fYear

1994

fDate

26-28 Sep 1994

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

286

Abstract

This paper presents new advances in pulse stream neural processing. These advances are made possible by a new neural chip EPSILON II. EPSILON II is made using a standard digital ES2 process and though essentially analog in nature exhibits process invariance. The new chip has been designed specifically with a system level view in mind. The EPSILON Processor Card (EPC) a powerful neural processing tool with the EPSILON II chip at its heart is presented for the first time. Multiple EPC´s can be used in parallel to implement large networks and can take inputs directly from the analog world. To demonstrate the flexibility of the EPC an implementation of an autonomous mobile robot is under construction using the card

Keywords

neural chips; EPSILON II; EPSILON processor card; analog neural computation framework; autonomous mobile robot; neural chip; pulse stream neural processing; standard digital ES2 process; Analog computers; Circuits; Distributed feedback devices; Heart; Mobile robots; Modular construction; Neural network hardware; Pulse modulation; Very large scale integration; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics for Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Turin

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6710-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMNN.1994.593721

Filename

593721