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Neuronlike circuits bring brainlike computers a step closer

  • Written by R. Stanley Williams, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Neuronlike circuits bring brainlike computers a step closerBrainlike computer chips promise powerful computers that use little energy.D3Damon/E+ via Getty Images

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For the first time, my colleagues and I have built a single electronic device that is capable of copying the functions of neuron cells in a brain. We then connected 20...

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