IBM produces first 'brain chips' 18 August 2011Last updated at 14:49 IBM's processors replicate the system of synaptic connections found in the human brain IBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain. The system is capable of "rewiring" its connections as it encounters new information, similar to the way biological synapses work. Researchers believe that by replicating that feature, the technology could start to learn.
Cognitive computers may eventually be used for understanding human behaviour as well as environmental monitoring. Dharmendra Modha, IBM's project leader, explained that they were trying to recreate aspects of the mind such as emotion, perception, sensation and cognition by "reverse engineering the brain. " The SyNAPSE system uses two prototype "neurosynaptic computing chips". One chip has 262,144 programmable synapses, while the other contains 65,536 learning synapses. Man machine A machine cannot solder and de-solder its electrical tracks.
Allen Brain Atlas Home. GREY MATTERS HOME PAGE. GreyMatter Neuro Links. SNNS - Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator. The "Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator" from the University of Stuttgart, Germany supports many types of networks and training algorithms, as well as sophisticated graphical visualization tools under X11. It has been ported to many flavors of UNIX.
It is available for ftp from ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.211.2] in directory /pub/SNNS as SNNSv4.1.tar.gz (1.4 MB, Source code) and SNNSv4.1.Manual.ps.gz (1 MB, Documentation). It may be best to first have a look at the file SNNSv4.1.Readme. More information can be found in the WWW under Download Files (local site)Original distribution siteProblem Links www.algorist.com.