X-Message-Number: 251 From att!CompuServe.COM!71750.2413 Tue Nov 27 17:17:06 1990 Return-Path: <att!CompuServe.COM!71750.2413> Date: 27 Nov 90 14:52:54 EST From: "Russell E. Whitaker" <> To: <> Subject: Hitachi Neural Computer Message-Id: <"901127195254 71750.2413 EHE44-4"@CompuServe.COM> More interesting news: **************************************** Hitachi Announces General Purpose Neural Computer NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NB) P Hitachi, Ltd. has announced the development of a general-purpose neural computer with learning circuits that can carry out up to 2.3 billion operations per second. The new neural computer was unveiled at "Hitachi Technology 1991," a technology fair being held at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel from November 26-28. Hitachi's announcement states that the new system has the highest learning performance ever achieved by such a computer. It includes 1,152 neurons and measures 12 inches high, 8.3 inches wide and nine inches deep. Hitachi also has developed stock price prediction and signature verification applications which can be run on a workstation linked with the neural system. A stock price prediction has been timed at ten seconds while signature verification took two seconds. In describing the differences between standard digital computers and neural systems, the announcement stated: "A neural computer is an information processing system which uses a neural network modeled on the human brain. The Neumann-type computers in common use today can handle problems amenable to numerical, comparative, and other types of logical processing at very high speeds. These systems, however, are dawdlers when it comes to tasks that require intuition, such as optimization and pattern recognition. On the other hand, the neural computer - like the human brain that it imitates - is poor at numerical calculations, but adept at solving problems that involve optimization. Another feature that sets the neural computer apart is its ability to learn. Like the human brain, the neural computer can quickly store huge quantities of information and come up with an optimized solution almost instantaneously." ******************************************** Russell E. Whitaker Cortex Development, Inc. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=251