A group of British universities work to create a supercomputer, called SpiNNaker (Spiking Neural Network architecture). With it, researchers want to further explore the processes in the human brain, thereby helping neuroscientists, psychologists, and physicians. Scientists will be able to simulate injuries and brain diseases, and seek to make the most effective therapy.
Despite the huge number of processors, combined in a single system (there will be about one million), the computer can serve as a model not more than one percent of the human brain, which includes 100 billion neurons. The computer will be designed so that the pulses sent to it in the form of packets of information are processed by all virtual neurons represented in the form of programs running on processors ARM. Electronic circuits SpiNNaker will transmit signals faster than the biological mechanism of rights transfer.
The chips will be placed in an enclosure with memory, reducing power consumption and improve efficiency. According associate, modern medicine has for some time enjoyed parallel computing, networked for in-depth diagnosis of brain diseases, but SpiNNaker will raise these studies to a new level.