The FGC/SRS Speech Recognition Server is unique in that it provides a total systems solution, both multiprocessor hardware and speech recognition software, packaged to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The System is fault tolerant and scalable to meet large volumes of telephone requests for information.

FGC shipped its first Speech Recognition Server System (SRS) to US WEST Communications in December 1998. Since its installation, the SRS System has successfully handled over 60 million customer requests, and has been in continuous operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for over 14 months.

This great accomplishment is an indication of the commitment of our management and development team to building high quality products for the telecommunications industry.

In order to meet the rigorous requirements of a major telephone service provider, we had to design, build and install a Speech Recognition Server capable of handling 1,000 simultaneous speech responses, with a vocabulary of approximately 5,000 locality and city names, over the commercial telephone network. This large, sophisticated system consists of over 1,000 individual pieces of hardware from three sources - ourselves (FGC), Golden Enterprises, our marketing partner, and CISCO, a major provider of telecommunications gear.

Over 700 operators in 5 geographic locations, spread over 5 western states, needed to be trained on the new system. To maintain and monitor the system, FGC designed a remote link, based on secure internet technology, to move updates and modifications from our New Jersey Systems Center to our customer's location over telephone lines.

HISTORY

Fifth Generation Computer Corporation was founded in New York in the 1980's to design and develop special purpose parallel processors used in pattern matching applications. FGC's designs are based on patents first assigned to Columbia University by the Defense Department and now assigned solely to FGC. In 1985, FGC entered into teaming agreements with AT&T to obtain a significant DARPA contract under the U. S. Defense Department's Strategic Computer Program to design and develop a Multiprocessor System based on FGC's novel and innovative parallel processors. The contract was awarded to AT&T and FGC, as its major subcontractor, in 1986 and proved to be very successful in demonstrating a new approach to real-time continuous speech recognition.

FGC is located in New York City and also has Systems Development Centers in River Edge, NJ and Melbourne, Florida near the Space Coast.

FGC has designed and developed the FGC/MP-7 family of parallel processors based on both its unique patented designs and ongoing research and development efforts.