1. In a neuron circuit responsive to a plurality of input signals, a method for generating a neuron output signal, comprising the steps of: receiving the plurality of input signals; generating a plurality of gated input signals, each of the gated input signals being generated by transmitting one of the input signals x.sub.i to an adder during g.sub.i addition cycles of the adder, the one of the input signals x.sub.i being added during each of the g.sub.i addition cycles resulting in a gated input having a form g.sub.i * x.sub.i, where g.sub.i represents an integer: receiving a weight signal; generating a summing signal which represents the sum of the gated input signals and the weight signal; and generating the neuron output signal as a linear function of the summing signal.