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It's thought that brain simulations require [[wp:Exascale_computing|exascale computing]].
It's thought that brain simulations require [[wp:Exascale_computing|exascale computing]].


Right now it looks like [https://phys.org/news/2014-08-optalysys-prototype-optical-processor.html optical] and [https://phys.org/news/2014-08-tiny-chip-mimics-brain-supercomputer.html neurosynaptic] processors will hit the market before memristor- and spintronic-based processors do.
Right now it looks like [https://techxplore.com/news/2014-08-optalysys-prototype-optical-processor.html optical] and [https://phys.org/news/2014-08-tiny-chip-mimics-brain-supercomputer.html neurosynaptic] processors will hit the market before memristor- and spintronic-based processors do.


If we assume a human neocortex with 1 million cortical columns, each with 60.000 neurons, it would take 60.000 of IBM's new neurosynaptic processors, each with 1.000.000 programmable neurons, to do the job.
If we assume a human neocortex with 1 million cortical columns, each with 60.000 neurons, it would take 60.000 of IBM's new neurosynaptic processors, each with 1.000.000 programmable neurons, to do the job.