Advances in Computer Technology and Applications in Japan

✍ Scribed by T. Watanabe (auth.), Thiruvalam K. S. Murthy, Carlos A. Brebbia (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 165
• Series: Lecture Notes in Engineering 69
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book contains chapters written by eminent scientists on the latest development in computer technology and applica- tions in Japan. The objective of the book is to provide an awareness of the considerable advances being made by Japane- se scientists on the general area of information technology and in the so-called Fifth Generation Computer Systems. In the first chapter, Watanabe of the NEC Corporation, descri- bes advanced architecture and technology of supercomputing systems. This theme is followed by Nakamura of Tohoku Uni- versity in the next chapter. Another type of supercomputer for vector processing, the FACOM VP 2000 Series is then des- cribed by Uchida ofFujitsu Ltd in Chapter 3. Expert systems are presented in the next two chapters by Ue- no and Oomari of Tokyo Denki University and by Koseki and Goto of the NEC Corporation. Important applications in com- puter graphics are described in Chapter Six by Ishii and Mu- rakami of Fujitsu Laboratories. Hayahi from the same Labora- tory then discusses neurocomputers in Japan. The final chap- ter by Noguchi of Tohoku Universityillustrates an important application in communications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages N1-iv
Advanced Architecture and Technology of Supercomputing Systems....Pages 1-11
Parallel and Supercomputer Architecture in Japan....Pages 12-29
FACOM VP2000 Series....Pages 30-41
Expert Systems Based on Object Model — An Approach to Deep Knowledge Systems....Pages 42-73
Trends in Expert Systems in Japan....Pages 74-95
Computer Graphics and its expansion to image industry....Pages 96-120
Neurocomputers in Japan....Pages 121-137
Advanced Communication Technology and OSI Oriented Academic Network TAINS....Pages 138-158
Back Matter....Pages 160-161

✦ Subjects

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design