The Singularity » ibm http://singularity.org Asymptote Now Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:58:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 BOINGBOING: Building a brain inside a supercomputer http://singularity.org/2009/10/23/boingboing-building-a-brain-inside-a-supercomputer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boingboing-building-a-brain-inside-a-supercomputer http://singularity.org/2009/10/23/boingboing-building-a-brain-inside-a-supercomputer/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:23:31 +0000 admin http://singularity.org/?p=251


Blue Brain is an IBM computer built to simulate a human brain. It's powered by 2,000 microchips, each acting as a single neuron, that enable it to execute 22.8 trillion operations per second. Based at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the project launched in 2005 to much controversy and skepticism. Modeling the complexity of the brain in a computer is considered a holy grail to some, and hubris to others.

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