Guszti.Bartfai@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Guszti Bartfai) (11/28/90)
Hi Nnetters, Thanks for all of you who have replied to my requests. Here is the list I compiled from the info I have received so far. Neural network chip/board manufacturers ======================================= 1. HNC, INC. 5501 Oberlin Drive San Diego California 92121 (619) 546-8877 and a second address at 7799 Leesburg Pike, Suite 900 Falls Church, Virginia 22043 (703) 847-6808 Note: Australian Dist.: Unitronics Tel : (09) 4701443 Contact: Martin Keye HNC markets: 'Image Document Entry Processing Terminal' - it recognises handwritten documents and converts the info to ASCII. 'ExploreNet 3000' - a NN demonstrator 'Anza/DP Plus'- a Neural Net board with 25MFlop or 12.5M peak interconnects per second. 2. SAIC (Sience Application International Corporation) 10260 Campus Point Drive MS 71, San Diego CA 92121 (619) 546 6148 Fax: (619) 546 6736 3. Micro Devices 30 Skyline Drive Lake Mary FL 32746-6201 (407) 333-4379 MicroDevices makes MD1220 - 'Neural Bit Slice' Although this sounds similar to Intel's product, the architectures are not. 4. Intel Corp 2250 Mission College Blvd Santa Clara, Ca 95052-8125 Attn ETANN, Mail Stop SC9-40 (408) 765-9235 Intel is making an experimental chip: 80170NW - Electrically trainable Neural Network (ETANN) It has 64 'neurons' on it - almost fully internally connectted and the chip can be put in an hierarchial architecture to do 2 Billion interconnects per second. Support software has already been made by California Scientific Software 10141 Evening Star Dr #6 Grass Valley, CA 95945-9051 (916) 477-7481 Their product is called 'BrainMaker'. 5. NeuralWare, Inc Penn Center West Bldg IV Suite 227 Pittsburgh PA 15276 They only sell software/simulator but for many platforms. 6. Tubb Research Limited 7a Lavant Street Peterfield Hampshire GU32 2EL United Kingdom Tel: +44 730 60256 Special thanks to Jay Diamond, Evan M. Manning, David Guedalia, George N. Yaremchuk, Peter Egelberg, Duane Snider, Wey Jing Ho. -- --- Guszti Bartfai --- Mail: P.O. Box 600, Wellington, NZ. Phone: +64 4 721-000 ext. 8580 E-mail: guszti@comp.vuw.ac.nz FAX: +64 4 712 070