Smart cities, 5G and autonomous driving hold the promise to improve the quality of life in the future. But these technologies also require a massive increase in computer processing power. This is a challenge that current microprocessors have been unable to meet. A new computer chip is about to change that.
Make that 70,000 chips. This is the number of SpiNNaker2 chips that will form a cloud spread out across 16 server cabinets at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Not only is the sheer number impressive, each one is designed with the ultimate computing machine in mind: the human brain.
