Brain-Inspired 'Memcomputer' Constructed

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 4, 2015 @12:35PM from the brain-and-brain-what-is-brain dept.

New submitter DorkFest writes: "Inspired by the human brain, UC San Diego scientists have constructed a new kind of computer that stores information and processes it in the same place. This prototype 'memcomputer' solves a problem involving a large dataset more quickly than conventional computers, while using far less energy. ... Such memcomputers could equal or surpass the potential of quantum computers, they say, but because they don't rely on exotic quantum effects are far more easily constructed." The team, led by UC San Diego physicist Massimiliano Di Ventra published their results in the journal Science Advances.

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A complexity theorist refutes "memcomputing" by K.+S.+Van+Horn · 2015-07-04 15:59 · Score: 5, Informative

Good Lord, people, Scott Aaronson refuted this memcomputer nonsense some time ago:
Memrefuting
The short story is that all they've done is a sleight of hand where they smuggle the exponential blowup somewhere else.