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more about #supercomputer more comments → LittleJon: People have been trying to build chips with large numbers of neurons for decades (this includes my last company). It's not the number of neurons that'... more » logruszed: You need a MYCROFT H.O.L.M.E.S. (High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV, Mod. L) connected to a lot of peripheral systems; like ... more » YardanCabaret: I can't find the article right now but aren't our brains significantly slower and process an extremely smaller portion of processes than even last Gen... more » Duckspwn: Yes everyone, the general consensus is that there is a typo in the article. So don't bother mentioning it in the comments. It's kind of irritating to ... more » beercheck: Those first two sentences are terrible and contradictory as currently constructed. Needs a little "with today's computer architecture" or something o... more » Xagest: Hmm, I wonder if this will be useful in baiting zombies. #neurogrid more » Curves: I think it would require more wattage to power up on a Monday morning than any other day due to all of the dain bramage you inflicted on it over the w... more » mattycakes: "Their synapses fail to fire 30 percent to 90 percent of the time." I suddenly now have a new excuse for EVERYTHING! #neurogrid more » anexanhume: Wow, so he asserts himself a liar in the very same sentence in which the lie occurs? Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist at Stanford University, bel... more » Slyd3z: Do you guys know what this means? We're this much closer to having a real-life Bender. And that, my friends, is awesome! #neurogrid more » Nathan Obbards: So they'll be introducing errors into the system in order to make better computers? I guess ECC RAM will become a thing of the past and they'll start... more » Maori_Yelir: But to be like a real brain wouldn't certain clusters have to have specific jobs instead of just throwing them all together? I mean would certain area... more » G.O.B.: Come on!: So who came first? more » badhatharry: Finally. Something that can handle the intense demands of Gateway to Apshai. more » iansilv: But doe sit run doom at MAX? more » -
#robots
How Much Power Does It Take To Simulate The Human Brain?
Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist at Stanford University, believes that it would require 10 megawatts to power a processor as smart as the human brain. His new "Neurogrid" supercomputer might be able to do it on only 20 watts. More » -
#sgi
SGI's 'Personal Supercomputer' Handles 80 Cores, 1TB of RAM
SGI's Octane III is a "personal supercomputer," which isn't to say it's designed for you to play video games and check your email on. It's just a supercomputer that garage physicists might be able to save up for. More » -
#computers
Cray-1: The Super Computer
Seymour Cray's big super computer was crazy. It's signals between components had to be timed by trimming long cables up to 1/16th of an inch at a time by hand and was basically interwoven with a giant refrigeration system. More » -
#skynet
IBM Kittyhawk to Host the Entire Internet, Eat the Planet with Fries
In what is a sure sign of recklessness and suicidal tendencies, IBM has decided to take us closer to Skynet with Kittyhawk, a global-scale shared supercomputer so enormously big, so gigantastically powerful that it will be able to run the entire internet as one application. Because that's exactly what the planet needs, a Skynet-like supercomputer with 67.1 million cores and 32 petabytes that could probably gain consciousness, take over a Large Hadron Collider and open a black hole to send us all to hell. Or discover the secret of eternal life and the perfect Margarita. Either way works for me. More » -
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#heavymetal
MareNostrum, the World's Most Gorgeous Super-Computer
This is the 9th biggest supercomputer in the world, MareNostrum. It also happens to be the most gorgeous supercomputer in the world, installed in a former chapel with acres of glass and steel. It belongs to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and is polished daily by hundreds of groveling grad students. Probably. More »
