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Ni1000

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The Ni1000 is an artificial neural network chip developed by Nestor Corporation and Intel, developed in the 1990s. It is Intel's second-generation neural network chip, but the first all-digital chip. The chip is aimed at image analysis applications– containing more than 3 million transistors – and can analyze 40,000 patterns per second.[1] Prototypes running Nestor's OCR software in 1994 were capable of recognizing around 100 handwritten characters per second. The development was funded with money from DARPA and Office of Naval Research.[2]

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  1. ^ Baran, Nicholas (March 1994). "Intel and Nestor to Commercialize Neural-Net Chip". Byte. Archived from the original on 1996-12-21. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Intel's Ni1000 chip holds prospect of commercial neural networks". CBROnline archive at techmonitor.ai. 21 February 1993. Retrieved 14 May 2021.