EPISODE · Nov 16, 2011 · 57 MIN
Big Science FM: How to build a brain
from Big Science: What's the Big Idea? From Resonance FM · host Ed Gerstner
IBM's BlueGene supercomputer can carry out a similar number of operations per second as the brain of a rat. But while a rat's brain takes up a half a cubic centimetre and uses 50 milliwatts of power, BlueGene covers around 600 square feet and uses 400 kilowatts of power. We ask neuroscientist Richard Wingate what we're doing wrong.
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