Larry Smarr – Supercomputing and the Human Brain

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Larry Smarr discusses the state of the art in supercomputing, with a focus on how current computation compares to the human brain and when supercomputers will surpass human processing power. Current supercomputers are estimated to match the human visual cortex and will reach human brain’s computational ability within the next twenty years.

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[+] Comment by Cliff
November 4th, 2009 at 12:02 am

So when are we going to merge human brain power with computational processing power via a wi fi connection?

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