Fuzzy cellular neural networks (FCNN) are special kinds of cellular neural network

Cellular neural network

Cellular neural networks are a parallel computing paradigm similar to neural networks, with the difference that communication is allowed between neighbouring units only...

s. Each cell in an FCNN containing fuzzy operating abilities, yet, the entire network is governed by cellular computing laws. The design of FCNNs is based on fuzzy local rules. FCNNs were invented by Tao Yang

Tao Yang (Wuxi)

Tao Yang is a computer scientist. He attended Tongji University, where he received his Bachelor's degree in 1990 and his Master's degree in 1993. He has invented fuzzy cellular neural networks in 1995,computational verb in 1997,...

 in 1994 in China and popularized in 1996 in USA. The first VLSI chip to implement FCNN was implemented in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, R.O.C.