RECONFIGURABLE VLSI ARRAYS FOR PATTERN ANALYSIS AND IMAGE PROCESSING.

Orthogonally connected, reconfigurable square arrays are proposed for pattern analysis and image processing. In this paper reconfiguration means change of configuration and structure of the array and/or change of data flow patterns by routing data streams through different paths. With reconfiguration, a special-purpose array can perform several related but distinct tasks. It is shown that the pattern analysis array can compute linear and quadratic discriminant functions, and generate covariance matrices from sample vectors. The image processing array is capable of performing frequency domain and spatial domain operations. 18 references.