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

• US 8,019,705 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2006
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AEMEA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Fiske Software LLC
• Inventors: Fiske, Michael Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Vincent; David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUSS, BENJAMIN J
• Application Number:
  US11/477,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20060277533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,904 Days
• Field of Search: 706/26, 706/33, 706/35, 706/10, 706 14- 15, 706/38, 706/45, 717136-137, 717/140, 717148-149
• US Class Current: 706/14
• 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. The use of the register machine language is optional. In an embodiment, the first translator may translate the instructions into another machine language. In an embodiment, an active element machine may be programmed using instructions for a register machine with elemental register machine instructions, such as push, pop, copy, and jump, and/or using a higher language, such as C, may be emulated with active element instructions executing on an active element 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 man-made machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

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

one of the settings of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented.

2. 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 man-made machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

a multiplicity of man-made couplings communicatively connecting the multiplicity of man-made computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the multiplicity of man-made computing elements, wherein the one or more machine-readable media store an encryption algorithm for encrypting the active element instructions;

one of the settings of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented.

3. 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 man-made machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

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

wherein one of the settings of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented.

4. A system comprising a machine-readable medium that stores one or more instructions that cause a man-made 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;

the active element being associated with parameters that are capable of being adjusted and readjusted;

wherein the instructions include at least

setting one of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented;

an instruction that causes a set of one or more values stored in a first set of one or more active elements to be copied to second set of one or more active elements;

the information stored in the first set of one or more active elements being stored as a first set of firings of the first set of one more active elements;

the information stored in the other set of one or more active elements being stored as a second set of firings of the second set of one more active elements;

the information copied as the second set of firings being a set of firings that corresponds to the first set of firings.

5. A hardware active element 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 implemented by

the active element machine and which indicate settings of parameters of components of the active element machine, which is a machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

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

one of the settings of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second computer language is associated with a register machine.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising encrypting the active element instructions forming encrypted instructions.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising placing the encrypted instructions in a queue that establishes an order in which the encrypted instructions are executed.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising decrypting the encrypted instructions as the encrypted instructions are removed from the queue for execution.

10. The system of claim 7, 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.

11. The method of claim 5, further comprising implementing the active element instructions by at least setting one or more parameters of a connection between two or more active elements.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising implementing the active element instructions by at least setting one or more parameters of one or more active elements.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the setting of the parameters includes at least setting a refractory time, a time when the active element last fired, and a threshold.

14. The method of claim 5, further comprising automatically generating messages as a result of implementing the active element instructions, wherein the messages specify parameters of the active element machine.

15. The system of claim 5, wherein the first computer language is a program for a Linux operating system kernel.

16. 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 are

implemented by

an active element machine and which indicate settings of parameters of components of the active element machine, which is a man-made machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

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

one of the settings of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first computer language is C.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the first computer language is JAVA.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the second computer language is associated with a register machine.

20. The system of claim 19, 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.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the data paths include at least a set of predefined operations and identifiers of register elements.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations include at least an addition operator.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations include at least a less than or a greater than operator.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the controller includes one or more machine instructions and one or more labels.

25. The system of claim 20, 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.

26. The system of claim 20, wherein the controller includes one or more instructions that assign one or more labels to one or more memory locations.

27. The system of claim 20, 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.

28. The system of claim 16, 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.

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

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the parameters include at least

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

an amplitude of the pulse, and

the instruction also specifies a time at which the one or more parameters are set.

31. The system of claim 16, wherein the active element instructions include at least an instruction that specifies settings for parameters of an active element.

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

a refractory time, which is a time between a rust 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.

33. The system of claim 16, 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.

34. The system of claim 16, 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 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

a transmission time of the pulse, 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, 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.

35. The system of claim 16, wherein the first computer language is a program for a Linux operating system kernel.

36. The system of claim 16, wherein the second set of instructions includes at least

an instruction that causes a jump to a label.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the jump is performed if a specified condition is fulfilled.

38. The system of claim 16, wherein the second set of instructions includes 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.

39. The system of claim 16, wherein the active element instructions includes at least 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, or a name of the active element.

40. The system of claim 16, wherein one of the active element instructions includes at least a connection instruction

that sets one or more of the parameters including at least a from-element, a to-element, and the connection instruction also including a setting that sets a time when the one or more parameters are set.

41. 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 reprogrammable and

which is a man-made machine that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

a multiplicity of man-made couplings communicatively connecting the multiplicity of man-made computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the multiplicity of man-made computing elements, the couplings being reconfigurable;

one of the settings of the parameters including an indication of a time when the active element instruction will be implemented.

42. A system comprising an active element machine and 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 are

implemented by

the active element machine and which indicate settings of parameters of components of the active element machine, which is a man-made machine made from artificial neurons made from organic material that includes at least

a multiplicity of man-made computing elements, and

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