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Aaron Klotz

'Brain-inspired' supercomputer with no GPUs or storage switched on — SpiNNaker 2 mimics 150-180 million neurons

Brain Sandia Memory
SpiNNaker 2.

Sandia National Laboratories has allegedly activated its own SpiNNaker 2 server, a brain-inspired supercomputer comprising thousands of ARM-based CPU cores that don't require SSDs, hard drives, or GPUs. Blocks and Files reports the new supercomputer will rank among the top five brain-inspired platforms worldwide.

Sandia is reportedly utilizing a 24-board version of the SpiNNaker 2 architecture, featuring a total of 175,000 cores. Each board reportedly carries 96GB of LPDDR4 memory, giving the system 2.3TB of memory and 23GB of integrated on-chip SRAM storage.

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