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Keumars Afifi-Sabet

New brain-like transistor goes 'beyond machine learning'

Computer board with a chip attached that has a brain image on top.

Scientists have designed a transistor that stores and processes information like the human brain and can perform cognitive tasks that most artificial intelligence (AI) systems today struggle with. 

This technology, known as a "synaptic transistor," mimics the architecture of the human brain — in which the processing power and memory are fully integrated and found in the same place. This differs from conventional computing architecture, in which the processor and memory are physically separate components. 

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