Human Brain-Like Chip that process images 22-times faster

Giant tech IBM has developed a powerful AI-powered chip with the ability to process images 22 times faster than the one that's currently in the market.

According to IBM report, the chip architecture is based on a faster and energy efficient AI.

Semiconductors play vital roles in nearly everything ranging from computing, to other electronic appliances, to communication gadgets, transportation systems, and even the critical infrastructure.

The era of AI, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things has seen the rise of chip performance and energy efficiency.

IBM researchers have created a computer chip, christened as NorthPole, that integrates the data it uses and the processing module.

The research team confided that their study was inspired by the way human brain functions.

The chip accomplishes its task by deploying a 2-dimensional array of memory blocks and interconnected CPUs.

The architecture permits the computing cores to communicate directly with distant blocks in an easier way just like it does with those that are nearby.

Therefore, the chip processes data and return answers quickly.

Computing ever since inception is processor-centered, with isolated memory from compute.

NorthPole came in response to inspiration derived from the organic brain and optimization for inorganic silicon.

The new chip fades the separation boundary by removing the off-chip memory, intertwining compute with on-chip memory and exposing externally as an active memory chip.

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