Loihi is Intel's brainy chip designed to outthink your PC's Core CPU
from PC world 25 September indexed on 26 September 2017 4:01Intel is reportedly preparing to fabricate “Loihi,” a self-learning “brain chip” that mimics how the human intellect functions, as a foundation for further developments in artificial intelligence. Named after an active undersea volcano south of the island of Hawaii, Intel said in a statement Monday that Loihi includes a total of 130,000 silicon “neurons” connected with 130 million “synapses,” the junctions that in humans connect the neurons within the brain. The Loihi chip, which Wired reported will be manufactured next month on Intel's 14-nm process technology, will be shared with leading universities and research institutions next year in a bid to advance AI development, Intel said. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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