IBM Neurocomputer Detailed
TrueNorth innards, aspirations revealed
R. Colin Johnson, EETimes
4/7/2016 09:58 AM EDT
SANTA ROSA, Calif.—IBM unveiled details about the state of development and its future plans for TrueNorth—its neuromorphic mixed-signal chips based on the human brain. Its chip architecture, array of evaluation boards, reference systems and software ecosystem were described by their architect at the International Symposium on Physical Design 2016 (ISPD, April 3-6, Santa Rosa, Calif.) ISPD 2016 is an Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) conference on next-generation chips sponsored by Intel, IBM, Cadence, Global Foundries, IMEC, Oracle, Synopsys, TSMC, Altera, Xilinx and other stellar chip makers worldwide.
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