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Self-Awareness in Digital Systems: Augmenting Self-Modification with Introspection to Create Adaptive, Responsive Circuitry

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The question of augmenting self-modification with introspection to create flexible, responsive digital circuitry is discussed. A specific self-configurable architecture—the Cell Matrix—is introduced, and features that support introspection and self-modification are described. Specific circuits and mechanisms that utilize these features are discussed, and sample applications that make use of these capabilities are presented. Conclusions are presented, along with comments about future work.

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    This work was supported by DOE/LANL under subcontract 90843-001-04 with the Regents of the University of California.

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    This work was supported by NASA under contract NAS2-01049.

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    This work was supported by the Cross-Disciplinary Semiconductor Research (CSR) Program award G15173 from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC).

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  1. Clark College, Vancouver, WA, USA

    Nicholas J. Macias

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Macias, N.J., Durbeck, L.J.K. (2017). Self-Awareness in Digital Systems: Augmenting Self-Modification with Introspection to Create Adaptive, Responsive Circuitry. In: Adamatzky, A. (eds) Advances in Unconventional Computing. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33924-5_29

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