Researchers Have Developed Microchips That Behave Like Brain Cells

The human brain is used as a comparison for how computer’s function. But, honestly, computers are nothing like human brains. Not yet, at least.

That could change as researchers have developed computing technology that uses light to mimic the functionality of a nerve’s synapse, opening the way for hardware that combines the speed of modern processors with the efficiency of brainpower.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Researchers Have Developed Microchips That Behave Like Brain Cells

The human brain is used as a comparison for how computer’s function. But, honestly, computers are nothing like human brains. Not yet, at least.

That could change as researchers have developed computing technology that uses light to mimic the functionality of a nerve’s synapse, opening the way for hardware that combines the speed of modern processors with the efficiency of brainpower.

More…

> researchers have developed computing technology that the functionality of a nerve’s synapse

That hasn’t been done before? Or just hasn’t been done before using light?

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“The team’s artificial synapse is based on structures made of a phase-change material (PCM), that stores and releases significant amounts of energy as it changes from one state to another. Light waves are channelled through the material, with optical pulses switching the PCM in such a way that it mimics a synapse’s plasticity.”

I like it. Done in hardware rather than software is way better here. I hope that they’re allowing it to forget.