Similar to IBM’s “Brain on a Chip” and Intel’s “Neuromorphic Chip” initiatives, Qualcomm is developing “neuro-inspired” chips for robots, vision systems, brain implants and smartphones to more efficiently sense and process information.
Qualcomm would like its Zeroth processor to mimic human-like perception and have the ability to learn as biological brains do. They claim to replicate brain architecture by developing neuron models that can be implemented in hardware. Their goal is to create a “Neural Processing Unit” which is a class of processors that are parallel and reprogrammable, with comprehensive tools and human like functions.
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