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A New Paradigm of Computing: Neuromorphic Computing

Dr. S.Sofana Reka, Embedded System RG

Neuromorphic computing in the present era of technology just got
a big boost with a million-core supercomputer that nearly took a

decade for researchers to build in UK. The wave of this computing

is a rapidly growing area of computer science research that moves
on to focus of developing system multicore architectures. Hitherto,

using computers to mimic the brain is known as neuromorphic

computing wherein specialized computer chips replicate the way

the human brain processes multi-fold information. This area not
only allows neuroscientists to create new models of the brain,

rather it shall also allow roboticists to develop unprecedented

robots that can navigate intricate environments using computer
vision. One of the massive technical challenges in this concern is

developing hardware that can manage this massive parallel

processing capacity that brings in the fleshy computer in our

skulls.

Image: The architecture of the 18core SpiNNaker chips developed
under the research pool of University of Manchester.