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Owen Hughes

China's 'Darwin Monkey' is the world's largest brain-inspired supercomputer

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Scientists in China have unveiled a supercomputer built on brain-like architecture — specifically, that of a monkey.

Called Darwin Monkey or "Wukong", the system features over 2 billion artificial neurons and more than 100 billion synapses, putting it roughly on par with the neural structure of a macaque.

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