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标题：Implementation of neuromorphic systems: from discrete components to analog VLSI chips (testing and communication issues)
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作者：Vittorio DANTE ; Paolo Del GIUDICE ; Maurizio MATTIA 等
期刊名称：Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita
印刷版ISSN：0021-2571
出版年度：2001
卷号：37
期号：02
出版社：Editrice Kurtis Srl
摘要：Summary. - We review a series of implementations of electronic devices aiming at imitating to some extent structure and function of simple neural systems, with particular emphasis on communication issues. We first provide a short overview of general features of such “neuromorphic” devices and the implications of setting up “tests” for them. We then review the developments directly related to our work at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS): a pilot electronic neural network implementing a simple classifier, autonomously developing internal representations of incoming stimuli; an output network, collecting information from the previous classifier and extracting the relevant part to be forwarded to the observer; an analog, VLSI (very large scale integration) neural chip implementing a recurrent network of spiking neurons and plastic synapses, and the test setup for it; a board designed to interface the standard PCI (peripheral component interconnect) bus of a PC with a special purpose, asynchronous bus for communication among neuromorphic chips; a short and preliminary account of an application-oriented device, taking advantage of the above communication infrastructure
关键词：Key words: neuromorphic systems, neural networks, on-chip learning, asynchronous communication.