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International exploration describes how the natural massive parallelism of the brain inspires novel VLSI designs
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EngineeringNeural RecodingHardware AlgorithmComputer ArchitectureLarge Scale IntegrationBrain MappingBrain OrganizationProcessor ArraysSocial SciencesInternational ExplorationNeurologyNatural Massive ParallelismParallel ComputingCognitive NeuroscienceBrainNeurocomputersCognitive ScienceComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceNeural Architecture SearchBrain CircuitryHardware AccelerationNeuroengineeringArtificial Neural NetworksComputational NeuroscienceHuman NeuroscienceNeuroscienceVlsiCentral Nervous SystemParallel ProgrammingBrain-like ComputingBrain Modeling
Artificial neural networks have experienced spectacular growth in the last few years. However, only very large scale integration (VLSI) processor arrays can realize the true computing potential of massively parallel neural networks. The realization of these neurocomputers--which are optimized to the computation of neural models--follows one of two approaches: {ital general-purpose} neurocomputers that consist of programmable processor arrays for emulating a range of neural network models, or {ital special-purpose} neurocomputers that are dedicated hardware implementations of a specific neural network model.