Supercomputer Achieves ~1% Of The Raw Processing Power Of Human Brain

We feel incredibly awesome while writing this post and promise that once you're done reading it, you'll feel awesome too. Knowing that even the fastest of the supercomputers in the world are no match to your brain surely put a big grin on your face. Say thank you to Japanese researchers who used the K Supercomputer, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world (it's currently ranked 5th in the world) to simulate the complex neural structure of the brain. They used a neuron simulating software called NEST and power of 82,944 processors to create a network simulating 1.73 billion nerve cells connected by 10.4 trillion synapses. The end result? Just 1% of the raw processing power of the human 'biological' brain!

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Researchers from Riken HPCI Programme for Computational Life Sciences at the Okinawa Institute of Technology Graduate University in Japan and Germany's Jülich Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine came together to create an artificial brain using the K Supercomputer. They found that even with the top supercomputer on the job, they could achieve only 1% of the raw processing power of the brain required for actions, thoughts, imaginations, senses and several other functions.

Our brain uses billions of specialized nerve cells. These nerve cells are called neurons. Consider neuron as a biological switch. It receives the signals from various body parts and depending on the strength of the signal, it passes it on to the other neurons. This sort of a network of neurons can be simulated using electronic components and a powerful supercomputer like 'K Supercomputer'. The only issue with the biological switches in human brain? They take milliseconds to operate (recovery after stimulus takes time), while those formed using computer can operate several times faster. That's the reason you can't beat the supercomputer in calculating 877+432 (for example).

Japanese engineers are already developing a supercomputer that will be 100x faster than the K Supercomputer by 2020. With the new supercomputer, we're sure that the study can go even further in simulating human brain.

Source: Japanese supercomputer takes big byte out of the brain

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  • Pensu
    Pensu
    Whoa! That's really awesome. The movie Matrix is going to be a reality, for sure....😉
  • Jeffrey Arulraj
    Jeffrey Arulraj
    Humans use less than 10% of his brain and remember the choas he is creating with that

    Well this processor Doing wonders with just 1% of Human brain How much more can we do with the remaining 99%
  • Nayan Goenka
    Nayan Goenka
    A brain working at 100% of its capacity. Just imagine the prowess. A Supercomputer, is about 1%. 100 such supercomputers are already running this whole planet. It means a brain is enough for everything to be done. We have billions of brains out there. 😁
  • lovebox
    lovebox
    Nayan Goenka
    A brain working at 100% of its capacity. Just imagine the prowess. A Supercomputer, is about 1%. 100 such supercomputers are already running this whole planet. It means a brain is enough for everything to be done. We have billions of brains out there. 😁
    But none of these billions of brains can work tirelessly.
  • Nayan Goenka
    Nayan Goenka
    lovebox
    But none of these billions of brains can work tirelessly.

    Well it is as you know of today. We still havent figured out how to use a brain at 100%. The day we do, others will atleast reach out to 50%. So thats like 50 Supercomputers of today's times.
  • lovebox
    lovebox
    Nayan Goenka
    Well it is as you know of today. We still havent figured out how to use a brain at 100%. The day we do, others will atleast reach out to 50%. So thats like 50 Supercomputers of today's times.
    Agreed. 😀
  • Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran
    Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran
    Like I always believe Man is the ultimate machine and nothing can replace mans true potential.
    Nice post #-Link-Snipped-# jiiiiiii
  • Jeffrey Arulraj
    Jeffrey Arulraj
    lovebox
    But none of these billions of brains can work tirelessly.
    Brains of all works there will be utter choas in this world And the rest is society limits the level the extent the person uses Brain

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