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‘Mind-blowing’ IBM chip speeds up AI

IBM’s NorthPole processor sidesteps need to access external memory, boosting computing power and saving energy.
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A brain-inspired computer chip that could supercharge artificial intelligence (AI) by working faster with much less power has been developed by researchers at IBM in San Jose, California. Their massive NorthPole processor chip eliminates the need to frequently access external memory, and so performs tasks such as image recognition faster than existing architectures do — while consuming vastly less power.

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Nature 623, 17 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03267-0

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