Title :
Future of analog in the VLSI environment
Author_Institution :
Swiss Center for Electron. & Microtechnol., Neuchatel, Switzerland
Abstract :
It is argued analog circuits will remain irreplaceable for the implementation of the interface circuitry between digital processing and the external world. Most of their characteristics can be improved with scaled-down processes. Analog circuits will also compete with digital and will remain advantageous for low precision signal processing. Since little precision is required to carry out many cognitive tasks, analog VLSI (very-large-scale integration) will dominate in the implementation of many types of neural networks
Keywords :
VLSI; linear integrated circuits; neural nets; analog VLSI; interface circuitry; low precision signal processing; neural networks; scaled-down processes; very-large-scale integration; Analog circuits; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Digital signal processing chips; Dynamic range; Fluctuations; Low-frequency noise; Transconductance; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1990., IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1990.112386
