The project of a parallel computer for hardware support of processing semantic and neural networks

The project described results from research on models of knowledge representation by means of semantic networks. As a result, the knowledge representation language SCL (Semantic Code Language) has been developed. Its texts are semantic networks and its representational and operational capabilities highly exceed those of similar languages based on first-order logic. The number of knowledge processing operations in SCL is potentially unlimited. Realization of SCL is based on a special algorithmic language, called SCP (Semantic Code Programming). SCP is oriented toward processing not only semantic networks, but also graph structures of any kind. Particular attention is given to the design of a parallel computer, aimed at effective hardware support of the SCP, called the SCP-processor. The SCP-processor may be programmed for realization of SCL and other applications, including neurocomputing.< >