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SpiNNaker[0] is a species of that, with multi-dimensional connections in a toroidal surface configuration. It's ARM-based, largely because the chief developer/p
by stan_rogers 6y ago
SpiNNaker[0] is a species of that, with multi-dimensional connections in a toroidal surface configuration. It's ARM-based, largely because the chief developer/project head is Steve Furber. Along with interviews concerning the BBC Micro and ARM, Computerphile did a video with Furber concerning SPiNNaker[1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiNNaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiNNaker
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e06C-yUwlc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e06C-yUwlc
- generalizations 6y agoI'm surprised it was worthwhile to build, since the whole thing has only 7TB of ram. I guess the total memory bandwidth is really good.
- rwmj 6y agoYes SpiNNaker looks very cool, also of course the BBC Micro connection as you say. I do wonder what the network architecture is, so now I'm going to have to watch that video you posted :-) Edit: It's a toroid, which seems an unusual choice (because 2D) for something that's meant to simulate a brain. I wonder if a simple 3D cubic connection network would have been possible by adding more links between physically adjacent boards.