A MAGNETIC INTEGRATOR FOR THE PERCEPTRON PROGRAM
Abstract
Research concerns a special-purpose electronic computer which can be described as a hybrid analog-digital machine whose elements possess certain logic and memory properties. The digital elements of the computer are unit-delay memory elements whose binary outputs are linear-logic threshold functions of its inputs and of its analog storage elements. The analog elements are storage devices whose values can be changed by incremental amounts as a special function of the states of the digital elements and (binary) inputs to the computer. The machine was conceived as a general-purpose extension of the perceptron model. A basic form of the perceptron is a network consisting of a first layer of fixed linearlogic elements, followed by one or more layers of adaptive (variable coefficient) linear-logic elements. Logical feedback (cross-coupling) is achieved by permitting connections from subsequent to prior layers in the net. The computer described consists of 32 basic Perceptron elements, together with appropriate input and control circuitry. By external control, any one or more of the elements may be made either a fixed linear-logic element or an adaptive one. By means of program board wiring, any desired network structure can be arranged by interconnecting suitable elements. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264227
Entities
People
- C.j. Munsey
- J.k. Hawkins
- R.a. Stafford