South Korean tech giant samsung has announced that it plans to begin work on making neuromorphic chips which can imitate the human brain. Samsung and . Engineers and Scholars of Harvard University Going to work on the project and have published a perspective paper titled ‘Neuromorphic electronics based on copying and pasting the brain’ by Nature Electronics. Co-corresponding authors are Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) Fellow and Harvard University professor, Harvard University Professor Hongkun Park, Samsung SDS President and CEO Sungwoo Hwang and former SAIT chief and Kinnam Kim. , Vice President and CEO Samsung Electronics.
The authors, in their own words, want to ‘copy’ the brain’s neuronal connection map and then ‘paste’ it onto a “high-density three-dimensional network of solid-state memories”, a network of non-volatile Will happen. Memories such as commercial flash memory found in solid-state drives (SSDs), or ‘newer’ memories such as resistive random access memory (RRAM) – by programming each memory “so that its conductance is proportional to the strength of each neuronal connection copied”. represents the map.”
The team plans to carry out the ‘brain-copy’ process using the nanoelectrode array developed by Dr. Ham and Dr. Park. With this effort, the team wants to create a memory chip that “understands the brain’s unique computing traits—low power, easy learning, adaptation to the environment, and even autonomy and cognition—that are beyond the reach of current technology.” ”
Samsung says that with the human brain having an estimated 100 billion or more neurons and a thousand or more synaptic connections, the final neuromorphic chip would need 100 trillion or more memories and the ability to integrate all of these memories. can be made possible by 3D. integration of memories.
According to Dr Haim, “Working toward such a heroic goal will push the boundaries of machine intelligence, neuroscience and semiconductor technology.”
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