SILICON IMITATES THE BRAIN. Biomimicry. It seems a waste to pursue electronics when the glistening neuron has already completed the experiment. “IBM’s TrueNorth computer chips contain memory, processors and communication channels wired up like the synapses, neurons and axons of a brain. A key idea is that the chips can be hooked up into vast grids with many thousands working together in parallel.””
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