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While neuromorphic computing remains under research for the time being, efforts into the field have continued to grow over the years, as have the capabilities of the specialty chips that have been developed for this research. Following those lines, this morning Intel and Sandia National Laboratories are celebrating the deployment of the Hala Point neuromorphic system, which the two believe is the highest capacity system in the world. With 1.15 billion neurons overall, Hala Point is the largest deployment yet for Intel’s Loihi 2 neuromorphic chip, which was first announced at the tail-end of 2021. The Hala Point system incorporates 1152 Loihi 2 processors, each of which is capable of simulating a million neurons. As noted back at the time of Loihi 2’s launch, these...
AMD 690G: Performance Review
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63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/14/2006AMD's Quad FX: Technically Quad Core
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88 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/30/2006NVIDIA 680i: The Best Core 2 Chipset?
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202 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/14/2006
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