八十年代以来,计算机以惊人的速度向前发展,但是当遇到某些难以用文字表达的信息处理时,如模式识别、声音处理、运动控制等,目前使用的计算机就不能满足需要了。为此,美国、日本、苏联和西欧请国在大力研制第5代计算机的同时,开始了第6代计算机——生物计算机的研制工作。这种计算机称之为神经网络计算机,也称神经计算机。 Since the 1980s, computers have been moving forward at an alarming rate. However, computers currently in use can not meet their needs when faced with some hard-to-read information processing such as pattern recognition, sound processing and motion control. To this end, the United States, Japan, the Soviet Union and Western European countries invited to develop the fifth generation of computers while starting the sixth generation of computer-biological computer research and development work. This type of computer is called a neural network computer, also called a neural computer.