"Loihi" AI Chip from Intel

[Ian]

Intel have unveiled their new AI chip, called "Loihi". It's based on nueromorphic technology, meaning that it mimics the structure of a brain, which should help solve certain types of problem more efficiently:

Intel has been exploring neuromorphic tech for awhile, and even designed a chip 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.

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.

Read more at Engadget:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/26/intel-loihi-neuromorphic-chip-human-brain/