A method and circuit for neuron-like processing of data

摘要

An array of circuit elements (neurons) consists of map neurons and pointer neurons, wherein the number of map neurons is much larger than the number of pointer neurons. Each map neuron is connected to at least one pointer neuron. Data for processing is fed to inputs of the map neurons. The pointer neurons are used for selectively activating parts of the map neurons, for providing feedback among the map neurons and for reading characteristics of the map neurons. The system can e.g. be used for processing one or more dimensional data. <IMAGE>