Register and active element machines: commands, programs, simulators and translators

• US 20060277533A1
• Filed: 06/27/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AEMEA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Fiske Software LLC
• Inventors: Fiske, Michael Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 8,019,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/137
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 10/00 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 10/00 Quantum computing, i.e. information processing based on quantum-mechanical phenomena
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/061 using biological neurons, e.g. biological neurons connected to an integrated circuit

Abstract

In an embodiment, instructions in a computer language are translated into instructions in a register machine language. The instructions in the register machine language are translated into active element machine instructions. In an embodiment, an active element machine may be programmed using instructions for a register machine.

Claims

1. A system comprising one or more machine-readable media that store thereon

a first translator for translating a first computer language into a second computer language, and

a second translator that converts the second language into active element instructions, which are instructions that indicate settings of parameters of components of an active element machine, which is a machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of computing elements, and

a multiplicity of couplings communicatively connecting the multiplicity of computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the multiplicity of computing elements.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer language is C.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer language is JAVA.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second computer language is associated with a register machine.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the register machine comprises

a controller, which is software stored on one or more computer readable media, that determines an occurrence of events associated with a virtual or physical machine, and

data paths that determine data flow.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the data paths include at least a set of predefined operations and identifiers of register elements.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations include at least an addition operator.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations include at least a less than or a greater than operator.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller includes one or more machine instructions and one or more labels.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller includes one or more instructions that cause a set of one or more values to be copied from one set of one or more memory locations to another set of one or more memory locations.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller includes one or more instructions that assign one or more labels to one or more memory locations.

12. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller includes one or more instructions that cause a jump from one location in a sequence of instructions to another location in the sequence of instructions.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more machine-readable media store an encryption algorithm for encrypting the active element instructions.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more machine-readable media store an algorithm that causes a machine to

encrypt an active element instruction therein forming encrypted instructions,

place the encrypted instructions in a queue that establishes an order in which the encrypted instructions are executed,

decrypt the encrypted instructions as the encrypted instructions are removed from the queue for execution.

15. The system of claim 1, including at least an algorithm that

causes a pulse amplitude to be multiplied by a value, wherein

the pulse amplitude is associated with a pulse traveling on a connection between a first active element that sends the pulse and a second active element that receives the pulse;

and

causes a threshold to be multiplied by the value, wherein the threshold is associated with the second active element.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the active element instructions include an instruction that specifies settings for parameters of a connection between two or more active elements.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the parameters include at least

a pulse width associated with a pulse traveling on the connection,

an amplitude of the pulse, and

a transmission time associated with a time for the pulse to travel between a first active element associated with the connection and a second active element associated with the connection.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the active element instructions include at least an instruction that specifies settings for parameters of an active element.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameters include at least

a refractory time, which is a time between a first sending of a pulse and a second sending of a pulse during which the active element does not send pulses,

a time when the active element last fired, and

a threshold that a sum of a set of incoming pulses must cross to cause the active element to send a pulse.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more machine readable media also store one or more instructions that cause one or more message instructions to be automatically generated as a result of executing active element instructions, wherein the one or more message instructions specify parameters of messages sent between active elements.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein

(I) the second computer language is associated with a register machine that includes at least

(A) a controller that includes at least

(a) one or more instructions that include at least

(1) a copy instruction,

(2) an unconditional jump instruction,

(3) a conditional jump instruction,

(4) a test instruction,

(5) an input/output instruction and

(b) one or more labels, and

(B) data paths that include at least

(a) operations, wherein the operations include at least an addition operator and

(b) register elements;

and

(II) the computer readable memory also stores an encryption algorithm that

(A) encrypts active element instructions therein forming encrypted instructions, places the encrypted instructions in a queue that establishes an order in which the encrypted instructions are executed, decrypts the encrypted instructions as the encrypted instructions are removed from the queue for execution, and

(B) multiplies a pulse amplitude by a value, wherein

(a) the pulse amplitude is associated with a pulse traveling on a connection between a first active element that sends the pulse and a second active element that receives the pulse, and

(b) the value is a number that is randomly chosen; and

(C) multiplies a threshold by the value, wherein the threshold is associated with the second active element,

(III) wherein

(A) the active element instructions automatically generate one or more statements indicating a transmission of at least one message,

(B) the active element instructions include at least

(a) a connection instruction that specifies settings for connection parameters, which are parameters of a connection between two or more active elements, which include at least

(1) the pulse width,

(2) the amplitude of the pulse,

(3) a transmission time of the pulse and

(b) an element instruction that includes at least an instruction that specifies settings for element parameters, which are parameters of active elements, wherein the parameters include at least

(1) a refractory time,

(2) a time when the active element last fired, and

(3) a threshold.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer language is a program for a Linux operating system kernel.

23. A system comprising a machine-readable medium that stores one or more instructions that causes a machine to set one or more parameters of one or more active elements, wherein an active element is a computing element capable of sending and receiving messages.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the instructions include at least an instruction that causes a set of one or more values stored in a set of one or more active elements to be copied to another set of one or more active elements.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the one or more instructions include at least an instruction that causes a jump to a label.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the jump is performed if a specified condition is fulfilled.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the one or more instructions include at least an instruction that causes an element to be added to a stack and advances a pointer to the element added to the stack.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the one or more instructions include at least an instruction that causes a set of one or more values stored in a set of one or more active elements to be copied to another set of one or more active elements.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein one of said instructions is an element instruction that sets one or more of the parameters including at least a threshold, a refractory period during which a message is not sent, a time last fired, the name of the active element, or a time when these settings occur.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein one of said instructions is a connection instruction that sets one or more of the parameters including at least a from element, a to element, an amplitude, a pulse width, a transmission time, or the time when these settings occur.

31. A machine implemented method comprising:

translating a first computer language into a second computer language, and

translating the second language into active element instructions, which are instructions that indicate settings of parameters of components of an active element machine, which is a machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of computing elements, and

a multiplicity of couplings communicatively connecting the multiplicity of computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the multiplicity of computing elements.

32. The machine implemented method of claim 31, further comprising implementing the active element instructions on an active element machine.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the second computer language is associated with a register machine.

34. The method of claim 31, further comprising encrypting the active element instructions forming encrypted instructions.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising placing the encrypted instructions in a queue that establishes an order in which the encrypted instructions are executed.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising decrypting the encrypted instructions as the encrypted instructions are removed from the queue for execution.

37. The system of claim 34, further comprising:

multiplying a pulse amplitude by a value, wherein the pulse amplitude is associated with a pulse traveling on a connection between a first active element that sends the pulse and a second active element that receives the pulse; and

multiplying a threshold by the value, wherein the threshold is associated with the second active element.

38. The method of claim 31, further comprising implementing the active element instructions by at least setting one or more parameters of a connection between two or more active elements.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the one or more parameters include at least setting a pulse width, an amplitude of the pulse, a transmission time of the pulse.

40. The method of claim 31, further comprising implementing the active element instructions by at least setting one or more parameters of one or more active elements.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the setting of the parameters includes at least setting a refractory time, a time when the active element last fired, and a threshold.

42. The method of claim 31, further comprising automatically generating messages as a result of implementing the active element instructions, wherein the messages specify parameters of the active element machine.

43. The system of claim 31, wherein the first computer language is a program for a Linux operating system kernel.