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General Information
- Name
- CNAPS Server, CodeNet
- Source
- Adaptive Solutions Inc.
- Price
- software (CodeNet) and parallel hardware (Cnaps Server)
together $ 68,750
- Target usage
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education (if somebody can spent $ 68,500), experimentation,
research and commercial application;
beginners and experts as well
Model
- Network Architecture
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All kinds of networks can be coded in CPL,
a modular design is supported
- Paradigms
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Backprop, Kohonen (1D and 2D), LVQ2 and FSCL
(Frequency Sensitive Competitive Learning), library source code
available for modification
- Limitations
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network type (spikes, propagation delays, clocks for synchronization),
number of nodes, number of connections,
Implementation
- Display
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for observing ``data changes over time'', symbolic display
- User Interface
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Windowed Graphical User Interface (point and click)
- Execution
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batch or interactive (parameters can be changed at run-time),
powerful breakpoint and debugging capabilities
- Data Format
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Conversion routines for different data formats available
- Evaluation
- ??
- Performance
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Backprop learning performance is 1 billion CUPS, LVQ2 algorithm
runs 4000 times faster than on a Sparc-based workstation
System Requirements
- Hardware
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CNAPS Server with 256 processors operating in SIMD mode connected
to a standard Ethernet, CodeNet development tool running on a
Sun4 SparcStation
- Operating System
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SunOS
- Display
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color or black/white, X-Windows
- Language
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Installation and Documentation
- Installation
- ??
- Sources available
- ??
- Implementation language
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CPL (CNAPS Low Lewel Language)
- Documentation
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- Support
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- User Groups
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