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IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the give-it-nip-or-it-launches-the-missiles dept.

bth writes "A computer with the power of a human brain is not yet near. But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer. The computer has 147,456 processors (most modern PCs have just one or two processors) and 144 terabytes of main memory — 100,000 times as much as your computer has."

2 of 428 comments (clear)

  1. Re:news for nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is what happens when a user just copies and pastes from the article instead of writing their own summery.

    I guess laziness is still king.

  2. Re:news for nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is what happens when a user just stares out of the window at school instead of learning to spell.

    I guess laziness is still king.