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New Chip Imitates Brain
According to an article in Technology Review, European scientists have created a silicon chip that comes close to the human brain’s “structure and function.”

In fact, in some ways, it exceeds the performance of the human brain.

The prototype was created by scientists at the Heidelberg University of Germany. The design features 200,000 neurons that are linked to 50 million synapses.

Researchers say that the chip works 100,000 times faster than a brain.
4 votes  by matts  on 2009-03-28  2 comments   

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methos    1 votes   Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 6:21 PM
This is interesting. However, the 'technically speaking' part is most important. A computer may have more performance power, but until it can produce (or include) conciousness it is nothing near us. It seems clear to me, through what I've read, that we will not be able to duplicate conciousness until we understand fully our own brain and how it produces it or incorporates it. Then we will model machines on our own brains, with more power of course. This is a nice first step, and will perhaps lead to better weopons systems and other such applications. The real thing (if it is truly possible) will probably be here in 2035-2050.
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matts    1 votes   Monday, March 30, 2009 at 10:25 AM
I tend to agree with you methos. If computing power increases exponentially, the 25 to 50-year-range may be conservative, though.
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