Fiber and Fabric Computers

A fiber computer comprising:

• a fiber body comprising at least one electrically insulating fiber body material and having a longitudinal axis along a fiber body length;
• a plurality of electrical conductors disposed within the fiber body along at least a portion of the fiber body length and operative to transmit electrical power, electrical ground, clock signals, and data signals through the fiber body;
• a fiber battery domain disposed within the fiber body and operatively connected to deliver electrical power and ground to electrical conductors disposed within the fiber body;
• at least one fiber computer input unit disposed within the fiber body and arranged to accept stimuli external to the fiber body;
• at least one microcontroller microchip disposed within the fiber body and operatively connected to process stimuli accepted by the at least one fiber computer input unit;
• at least one memory module microchip disposed within the fiber body and operatively connected to store data and communicate with the at least one microcontroller microchip;
• at least one fiber computer output unit disposed within the fiber body and arranged to produce a fiber computer output directed out of the fiber body;
• each of said at least one computer input unit, at least one microcontroller microchip, at least one memory module microchip, and at least one computer output unit disposed in electrical connection with the plurality of electrical conductors for fiber computer operation within the fiber body.

A fiber computer comprising:

• a fiber body comprising at least one electrically insulating fiber body material and having a longitudinal axis along a fiber body length;
• a plurality of electrical conductors disposed within the fiber body along at least a portion of the fiber body length and operative to transmit electrical power, electrical ground, clock signals, and data signals through the fiber body;
• at least one fiber computer input unit disposed within the fiber body and arranged to accept stimuli external to the fiber body;
• at least one microcontroller microchip disposed within the fiber body and operatively connected to process stimuli accepted by the at least one fiber computer input unit;
• at least one memory module microchip disposed within the fiber body and operatively connected to store data and communicate with the at least one microcontroller microchip;
• at least one fiber computer output unit disposed within the fiber body and arranged to produce a fiber computer output directed out of the fiber body;
• wherein each of said at least one computer input unit, at least one microcontroller microchip, and at least one memory module microchip, includes combinatorial logic with a unique digital identifier value for individual access;
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• wherein each of said at least one computer input unit, at least one microcontroller microchip, at least one memory module microchip, and at least one computer output unit are disposed in electrical connection with the plurality of electrical conductors for fiber computer operation within the fiber body.

A fiber neural network comprising:

• a fiber body comprising at least one electrically insulating fiber body material and having a longitudinal axis along a fiber body length;
• a plurality of electrical conductors disposed within the fiber body along at least a portion of the fiber body length and operative to transmit electrical power, electrical ground, clock signals, and data signals through the fiber body;
• at least one neural network input unit disposed within the fiber body and arranged to accept stimuli external to the fiber body;
• at least one microcontroller microchip disposed within the fiber body and operatively connected to process stimuli accepted by the at least one fiber computer input unit;
• at least one memory module microchip disposed within the fiber body and containing neural network data;
• at least one neural network output unit disposed within the fiber body and arranged to produce a fiber computer output directed out of the fiber body;
• wherein each of said at least one neural network input unit, at least one microcontroller microchip, at least one memory module microchip, and at least one neural network output unit are disposed in electrical connection with the plurality of electrical conductors for neural network operation within the fiber body.

A fabric computer comprising:

• a plurality of fibers, each fiber having a fiber body comprising at least one electrically insulating polymeric fiber body material and having a longitudinal axis along a fiber body length;
• at least one fabric computer input unit disposed within at least one fiber body and arranged to accept stimuli external to said fiber body;
• at least one microcontroller microchip disposed within at least one fiber body and operatively connected to process stimuli accepted by the at least one fabric computer input unit;
• at least one memory module microchip disposed within at least one fiber body and operatively connected to store data and communicate with the at least one microcontroller microchip;
• at least one fabric computer output unit disposed within at least one fiber body and arranged to produce a fabric computer output directed out of the fiber body;
• a clock signal generator disposed within at least one fiber body to synchronize operation of said at least one fabric computer input unit, at least one microcontroller microchip, at least one memory module microchip, and at least one fabric computer output unit;
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• wherein each of said at least one computer input unit, at least one microcontroller microchip, at least one memory module microchip, and at least one computer output unit are disposed in electrical connection for fabric computer operation.