{"id":407427,"date":"2017-09-27T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/09\/26\/intel-loihi-neuromorphic-chip-human-brain\/21|23223177"},"modified":"2017-09-27T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:01:00","slug":"intel-unveils-an-ai-chip-that-mimics-the-human-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/intel-unveils-an-ai-chip-that-mimics-the-human-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel unveils an AI chip that mimics the human brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel has been exploring neuromorphic tech for awhile, and even designed a chip<\/a> in 2012. Instead of logic gates, it uses “spiking neurons” as a fundamental computing unit. Those can pass along signals of varying strength, much like the neurons in our own brains. They can also fire when needed, rather than being controlled by a clock like a regular processor.<\/p>\n

Intel’s Loihi chip has 1,024 artificial neurons, or 130,000 simulated neurons with 130 million possible synaptic connections. That’s a bit more complex than, say, a lobster’s brain, but a long ways from our 80 billion neurons.<\/p>\n

Human brains work by relaying information with pulses or spikes, strengthening frequent connections and storing the changes locally at synapse interconnections. As such, brain cells don’t function alone, because the activity of one neuron directly affects others — and groups of cells working in concert lead to learning and intelligence.<\/p>\n