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SpiNNaker ARM chip slide show
Peter Clarke
7/14/2011 7:32 AM EDT
Professor Steve Furber - with brain
SpiNNaker (Spiking Neural Network architecture) is an academic project in the U.K. that plans to connect up to one million ARM processor cores to form a massively parallel computer that can simulate the workings of the human brain (see A million ARM cores to host brain simulator)
A team led by Professor Steve Furber at the University of Manchester has received back from Taiwan the specialized 18-core ARM processor that is the basic building block of the SpiNNaker machine.
Professor Furber discusses the human brain at a recent lecture.
SpiNNaker (Spiking Neural Network architecture) is an academic project in the U.K. that plans to connect up to one million ARM processor cores to form a massively parallel computer that can simulate the workings of the human brain (see A million ARM cores to host brain simulator)
A team led by Professor Steve Furber at the University of Manchester has received back from Taiwan the specialized 18-core ARM processor that is the basic building block of the SpiNNaker machine.
Professor Furber discusses the human brain at a recent lecture.
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KB3001
7/14/2011 11:51 AM EDT
This is a very exciting project. Programming the million core system is a colossal undertaking!
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goafrit
7/16/2011 8:34 AM EDT
And this the most difficult aspect of this business. The game stops in making them to work together
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cdhmanning
7/17/2011 8:00 PM EDT
The actual programming of the cores should surely be the easy part. Each core probably just simulates a bunch of neuron - a pretty simple element - and all the cores will be running similar - if not identical code.
What is really going to be the challenge is setting up the interconnection and run-time data.
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dan-nevill
7/14/2011 4:06 PM EDT
As a person that worked on the interconnect for this project I am extremely glad that it is finally getting the recognition it deserves
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dan-nevill
7/14/2011 4:09 PM EDT
As one of the people that worked on the interconnect for this project, I am extremely glad that it is finally getting the recognition it deserves
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iniewski
7/15/2011 10:53 AM EDT
Very cool...does anyone know how this stacks up against IBM efforts in this domain? Kris
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t.alex
7/17/2011 5:16 AM EDT
Cool and interesting project!
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tekwatcher
7/21/2011 10:02 AM EDT
Cool and interesting project?
Are these guys trying to replace man by silicon?
I understand that they need a justification for their job, but they remind me of the apprentice sorcerers who are trying to create gold in their cauldrons.
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