Last week, IBM unveiled the first ever cognitive computing chips - designed to learn without set programming, the chips emulate the brain's ability for perception, action, reaction and sensation, and have demonstrated the ability to recognize handwritten numbers and provide its best answer for what it "sees" on the screen. The chips have also learned how to play the game Pong, in which it "watches" the ball, predicts the trajectory, and moves the paddle to block the ball with amazing accuracy.
You can read all about the SyNAPSE project at ibm.com/synapse and catch up on the 10 ten things to know about the SyNAPSE project on the IBM Research news blog. Selected press clips follow, as well as a video highlight reel.
New York Times: I.B.M. Announces Brainy Computer Chip
Associated Press: IBM Pursues Chips That Behave Like Brains
The Wall Street Journal: IBM Announces Move Toward ‘Cognitive’ Computing
Bloomberg Businessweek: IBM Chip ‘Senses’ Events to React Like Brain
AFP: IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain
NBC: IBM's New Chips Act Like Your Brain
BBC: IBM produces first 'brain chips'
CNET: IBM says new chip mimics the human brain
GigaOm: For our sensor heavy future, IBM cooks up a new silicon brain
MIT Tech Review: IBM's New Chips Compute More Like We Do
Gizmodo: IBM's Processors Will Think Like Brains
Engadget: IBM's cognitive computing chip functions like a human brain, heralds our demise
Venturebeat: IBM produces first working chips modeled on the human brain
"Fascinating? No doubt. It's initiatives like these that demonstrate just how different IBM is from Hewlett-Packard and other peers, especially now that CEO Leo Apotheker is cutting consumer-facing operations to focus on big-ticket sales. Reverse-engineering brainpower would have to seem like a frivolous enterprise."
- Motley Fool
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