Brain-mimicking tech|IBM chip with digital neurons and synapses

IBM creates learning, brain-like, synaptic CPU "IBM?s learning digital neurons can dynamically rewire their synapses based on their inputs, just like an animal brain. The neurons remember their recent activities ? which synapse they triggered ? and as these communication channels are used their weighting (importance) increases, just like a software neural network.  With 256 [...]

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