The really big point, is that most developers ignore problems that may arise from concurrency.
In most situations where MySQL is used, it shouldn't be, because it can't handle concurrent connections, because it is missing ACID features, namely A nd I.
In fact, there is quite a lot to be developed in the field of neural networks. Present-day neural networks are simple statistics-based classifiers.
The great evolutionary leap to be done is in the field of 'learning algorithms' that can be applied to neural nets with lots of feedback (the output of one neuron is fed to a neuron which is in a previous layer - farther from the output).
Unfortunately, the article says nothing about this. If they've just created a hardware neural net, Duh! It doesn't even deserve a footnote.
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In most situations where MySQL is used, it shouldn't be, because it can't handle concurrent connections, because it is missing ACID features, namely A nd I.
Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away.
The great evolutionary leap to be done is in the field of 'learning algorithms' that can be applied to neural nets with lots of feedback (the output of one neuron is fed to a neuron which is in a previous layer - farther from the output).
Unfortunately, the article says nothing about this. If they've just created a hardware neural net, Duh! It doesn't even deserve a footnote.