Implementing the new Zero Instruction Set Computer (ZISC036) from IBM for a Higgs search

Abstract Implementation of the new IBM Zero Instruction Set Computer (ZISC036) on a PC/ISA-bus card as well as on a VME-card is reported. The ZISC circuit has 36 processing elements of a type similar to that of Radial Basis Function (RBF) neurons. It is a highly parallel and cascadable building block with on-chip learning capability, and is well suited for pattern recognition, signal processing, etc. Results of a test on identification of simulated Higgs events are given.