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

Sandia National labs has allegedly turned on its own SpiNNaker 2 server sporting a whopping 175,000 CPU cores, and 2.3TB of LPDDR4 memory.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/brain-inspired-supercomputer-with-no-gpus-or-storage-switched-on-spinnaker-2-mimics-150-180-million-neurons

Created 11d | Jun 6, 2025, 7:30:05 PM


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