Data processing chip like human brain

A microchip that uses millions of electronic neurons and 256 million synapses can usher in a new era of increasingly smarter computers.

IBM attempts to create microchips based on the behavior of the human brain - (Photo: IBM)

IBM Group has just announced a new computer microchip with a design based on the outer layer of wrinkles of the human brain.

According to the MIT Technology Review site, IBM's SyNapse microprocessor processes information by leveraging a system that includes more than a million 'neurons', mimicking the behavior of the cell and the nerve connection of the human brain.

Although the information processing capabilities such as computer chips cannot be met at the moment, the new chip absorbs very little energy and is suitable for functions of image, sound processing and other sensory data. .

In the lab, chip-based laptops often process images 100 times slower, but consume up to 100,000 times more energy than laptops using IBM chips.

Currently SyNapse has not yet been released as a real product, but IBM researchers are trying to connect multiple circuits together to hope to create a new supercomputer.