{"id":19871,"date":"2022-03-29T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=19871"},"modified":"2022-03-29T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:37:07","slug":"brain-inspired-computing-revolutionised-in-memory-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/brain-inspired-computing-revolutionised-in-memory-applications\/19871\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain-inspired computing revolutionised with ‘in-memory’ applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current computer technology employs \u2018edge computing\u2019 to gain faster internet speeds as well as faster data communication and processing. However, scientists have noted the unreliability for autonomous driving applications, as a slow response could result in a life-threatening situation. Thus, Professor Wilfred van der Wiel from TU \u2013 \u00a0along with partners from Oxford, M\u00fcnster, Pisa and Z\u00fcrich \u2013 coordinated the Hybrid Electronic-Photonic Architectures for Brain-Inspired Computing (HYBRAIN) project.<\/p>\n
Cloud computing was the original solution for keeping data and computer processing at a distance. However, the requirement for some applications to be moved closer to the actual \u2018operation\u2019 \u2013 or computing power station \u2013 has grown increasingly important for local operation.<\/p>\n
This is known as \u2018edge computing,\u2019 and in employing this technology, delay latency is avoided, preventing slower speeds that are considered too long, even with upcoming and fast mobile standards, such as 5G and 6G.<\/p>\n
However, an issue that has been noted by scientists, is that moving heavy computing power to the local application is undesirable. Typically, the classic computer approach utilises a lot of data traffic between the processor and its memory. This is not how the brain works \u2013 memory and processing are components of the same process in the brain, and unlike with edge computing, there is no data traffic interference.<\/p>\n
Thus, scientists aimed to construct a computer system with this in mind, and the belief that removal of the traffic interference would result in faster, more reliable technology constructed by brain-inspired<\/a> computing.<\/p>\n