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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."

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  1. Re:Nah, but it will refuse to be mouse operated by Serenissima · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's probably because it keeps eating all the mice!

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