INTELLIGENT SENSOR-INTEGRATED SYSTEMS BY MEANS OF ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING

The concept of an innovative processor system is presented. It combines the inclusion of processing logic in the bit cells and word cells of a memory with the use of sensor devices for parallel input of optical data. Associative (content-addressable) features further facilitate the processing of data in this 'intelligent memory' approach. Moreover, changes in the memory decoder enable also the parallel access to memory cells. The basic operations of the extended memory are explained, and the resulting instruction set is presented. Some potential applications in the field of parallel image preprocessing/image processing, and corresponding performance aspects are shortly dis- cussed