Analog VLSI and neural systems

416 Pages·059.81 MB·English

by  Carver Mead

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ANALOG AND
VLSI
NEURAL SYSTEMS

ANALOG AND
VLSI
NEURAL SYSTEMS
Mead
Carver
California Institute of Technology
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This hook is in the Addison-Wesley VLSI System Series
Lynn Conway and Charles Seitz, Consulting Editors
This book is in the Addison-Wesley Computation and Neural
Systems Series
Christof Koch, Consulting Editor
Peter S. Gordon, Sponsoring Editor
Bette J. Aaronson, Production Supervisor
Lyn Dupre, Development Editor and Copy Editor
Vanessa Pineiro, Text Designer
Alan Anders and Edward K. Shurla, Illustrators
Calvin W. Jackson, Jr., Compositor
Marshall Henrichs, Cover Designer
Hugh Crawford, Manufacturing Supervisor
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mead. Carver. Analog VLSI and neural systems / Carver A. Mead,
p. cm.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-201-05992-4
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1. Neural computers. 2. Integrated circuits Very large scale integration. I. Title.
QA76.5.M39 1989
621.395 dcl9 88-14635
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America. Published simultaneously in Canada.
In memory of my parents
Grace Martha Mead
1908-1978
James Arnold Mead
1904-1980
The VLSI System Series
Lynn Conway and Charles Seitz, Consulting Editors
Analog VLSI and Neural Systems Carver Mead, 1989
Cueaits. Interconnections, and H. Brian Bakoglu, 1989
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The CMOS3 Cell Library Edited by Dennis V. Heinbuch, 1988
Computer Aidsfor VLSI Design Steven M. Rubin, 1987
VLSI Signal Processing: A Bit-Serial Peter Denver and David Renshaw,
Approach 1985
The Design and Analysis of VLSI Lance A. Glasser and Daniel W.
Circuits Dobberpuhl, 1985
Principles of CMOS VLSI Design: Neil Weste and Kamran Eshraghian,
A Systems Perspective 1985
The VLSI Designer's Library John Newkirk and Robert Mathews,
1983
Introduction to VLSI Systems Carver Mead and Lynn Conway,
1980
The Computation and Neural System Series
Christof Koch, Consulting Editor
Analog VLSI and Neural Systems Carver Mead, 1989