A major breakthrough in the world of computing is being developed by Western Sydney University in Australia. The human brain-scale supercomputer named DeepSouth will be here to greet the public next year.
DeepSouth is projected to be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, an incredible capability that could help create cyborg brains far more powerful than human brains. This information is taken from a Business Insider report that describes the revolutionary potential of this technology.
Currently, the human brain only needs about 20 watts of power to perform operations equivalent to an exaflop or one billion billion mathematical operations per second. However, researchers in Australia are building the world's first supercomputer called DeepSouth that can simulate networks on that scale.
DeepSouth, which is under development by Western Sydney University, will be the first to achieve such extraordinary capabilities. This technology is expected to be able to perform 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, rivaling the rate of operations in the human brain.
DeepSouth offers major contributions in understanding how the brain can use small amounts of power to process large amounts of information. This opens up the opportunity to create much more powerful cyborg brains, and simultaneously revolutionize human understanding of how the brain itself works.
Director of Western Sydney University's International Center for Neuromorphic Systems, André Van Schaik, said progress in understanding the brain has been hampered by our inability to simulate brain-like networks on a large scale. However, DeepSouth is expected to overcome these obstacles.
