According to scientists in the field, neuromorphic chips are old news

In last week’s IBM press release, the company revealed its creation of a ¨ new generation of experimental computer chips designed to emulate the brain’s abilities for perception, action and cognition.¨ The two prototype chips are part of IBM’s   SyNapse project (Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics) which employs principles from Neuroscience,  Supercomputing and Nanotechnology to form the basis of ¨Cognitive computing¨.
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