Crystal chips mimic brain to sift giant piles of data

• Autores: Aviva Rutkin
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3086, 2016, pág. 22
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Last week, IBM unveiled its latest attempt to emulate human brain: an artificial neuron that switches between crystal and glass-like states. The chip is designed for systems that have to cope with huge volumes of data--like those processing data from the Square Kilometre Array in South Africa and Australia or those monitoring the stock exchange--at a fraction of the energy cost of conventional chips. The artificial neuron is just a micrometer across, and is made from a chalcogenide-based crystal sandwiched between electrodes