Sandia National Laboratories researchers are welcoming the arrival of a brain-based computing system, known as Hala Point. The neuromorphic brain features pulsing neurons by the millions, cutting edge chips and could rewrite the way we compute from the design of nuclear weapons to autonomous vehicles on your street. It is "20 times faster than a human brain," according to Intel which hasn't disclosed the cost of the system..
"Packed with a staggering 1.15 billion artificial neurons — believed to be the biggest brain-based computing system in the world — and cleverly confined within a container roughly the size of a microwave oven, this technological marvel had made its journey to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from its birthplace at Intel Corp. in Portland, Oregon," Sandia Labs revealed.
The system will provide Sandia and the National Nuclear Security Administration research teams with the tools to realize large-scale brain-based computing.
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