Analog VLSI hardware: what is missing for industrial realisations?

Although several papers have shown the potential of analog VLSI to build artificial neural networks or perceptive systems inspired from biology that are orders of magnitude more effective to solve specific problems than previous solutions, it seems that industrial realisations are not emerging as fast. This presentation addresses some open questions and issues that still need to be answered in order to meet the requirements for successful industrial realisations and reviews some efficient solutions in terms of area and power consumption.<<ETX>>