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  1. 11-07-2012, 10:57 AM #1
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    News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

    The prototype has 864 processors, aiming to make a machine with a million cores.
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  2. 11-07-2012, 11:10 AM #2
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain



    This needs to be stopped!

    In all seriousness it sounds like pretty ground breaking and awesome stuff.
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

    If Skynet starts in Manchester, I'm screwed
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

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    This needs to be stopped!

    In all seriousness it sounds like pretty ground breaking and awesome stuff.
    This!, WE ARE ALL DOOMED!
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

    Quote Originally Posted by Platinum View Post
    This!, WE ARE ALL DOOMED!
    Only once they manage to fit 100,000,000 ARM chips into the space of a Terminator robot.

    That does confuse me slightly, if they're willing to use 1,000,000 ARM chips to get to 1% of the power of a brain, why not just use 100 times as much?
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

    Quote Originally Posted by cameronlite View Post
    That does confuse me slightly, if they're willing to use 1,000,000 ARM chips to get to 1% of the power of a brain, why not just use 100 times as much?
    I assume they're only interested in modelling human cognition.
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt View Post
    I assume they're only interested in modelling human cognition.
    .... for now
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    Re: News - The SpiNNaker computing engine will model the human brain

    Anyone know a guy called Neo who appears to have unlimited respawns?
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