• DocumentCode
    908761
  • Title

    The pRAM: an adaptive VLSI chip

  • Author

    Clarkson, T.G. ; Ng, Chi Kwong ; Guan, Yelin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., King´´s Coll., London, UK
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    408
  • Lastpage
    412
  • Abstract
    The pRAM (probabilistic RAM) is a nonlinear stochastic device with neuron like behavior. The pRAM is realizable in hardware, and the third-generation VLSI pRAM chip is described. This chip is adaptive since learning algorithms have been incorporated on-chip, using reinforcement training. The pRAM chip is also adaptive with respect to the interconnections between neurons. Results achieved from a small net of pRAM´s performing a pattern-recognition task using reinforcement training are presented
  • Keywords
    VLSI; learning (artificial intelligence); neural chips; pattern recognition equipment; random-access storage; VLSI; interconnections; learning algorithms; neuron like behavior; nonlinear stochastic device; pRAM; pattern-recognition task; probabilistic RAM; reinforcement training; Arithmetic; Biological system modeling; Hardware; Helium; Neurons; Phase change random access memory; Read-write memory; Stochastic processes; Table lookup; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9227
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/72.217182
  • Filename
    217182