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IBM Chip Processes Data Similar to the Way Your Brain Does

posted by azrael on Sunday August 10 2014, @01:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe-this-will-help-them-sell-their-chip-business dept.

AnonTechie writes:

A new kind of computer chip, unveiled by IBM today, takes design cues from the wrinkled outer layer of the human brain. Though it is no match for a conventional microprocessor at crunching numbers, the chip consumes significantly less power, and is vastly better suited to processing images, sound, and other sensory data.

IBM's SyNapse chip processes information using a network of just over one million "neurons," which communicate with one another using electrical spikes-as actual neurons do. The chip uses the same basic components as today's commercial chips-silicon transistors. But its transistors are configured to mimic the behaviour of both neurons and the connections-synapses-between them.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by jasassin on Sunday August 10 2014, @01:43AM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Sunday August 10 2014, @01:43AM (#79514) Homepage Journal

    But its transistors are configured to mimic the behaviour of both neurons and the connections-synapses-between them.

    I can just see the newegg reviews on this chip:

    1 egg
    Pros: none
    Cons: senile out of box
    Other thoughts: after installing this chip all my computer would do is drool and piss and shit itself

    1 egg
    Pros: sometimes its nice.
    Cons: sometimes its mad... Mean mad.
    Other thoughts: This bi polar CPU is really getting to me. Do not recommend. Stay away.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Marand on Sunday August 10 2014, @10:54AM

    by Marand (1081) on Sunday August 10 2014, @10:54AM (#79630) Journal

    4 egg
    pros: bloody awesome when it works
    cons: needs giant cup of coffee in the morning before it will start working, keeps demanding cheetos and mountain dew during late-night coding sessions.
    other thoughts: joined my D&D group on weekends; makes an excellent DM.