On March 19th, Intel announced that it will launch the latest neural mimic computing system called "PohoikiSprings", which has a computing capacity equivalent to 100 million neurons, can simulate the human brain, and consumes less energy to perform faster calculations.

PohoikiSprings is a data center rack system, which is the largest neural mimic computing system developed by Intel to date. It integrates 768 Loihi neural mimicry research chips into five standard server-sized chassis.

The human brain is composed of 86 billion neurons. The number of neurons in the insect brain is in the order of several hundred thousand. The number of neurons in PohoikiSprings is far beyond the level of the insect brain, and the distance from the human brain has taken another step.

It is reported that Mike Davis, director of the Intel Neural Mimic Computing Laboratory, said that PohoikiSprings has expanded the Loihi neuromimic research chip by more than 750 times while running at less than 500 watts of power. With neural mimicry calculations, the model can be learned in a manner similar to that of a human infant, with only one view of the image or toy for permanent recognition.

And, Davis said that the model can also learn from the data in real time, and the final predictions may be more accurate than the predictions of traditional machine learning models, "this will make some currently unimaginable calculations possible." In addition, in PohoikiSprings system, memory and calculation are not separated, which minimizes the data transmission distance.

It is understood that Intel researchers did an experiment, using the most advanced deep learning methods to train artificial intelligence systems to identify harmful gases, 3000 samples are needed, and using neural mimic chip training, one sample is enough.

Intel will soon open the PohoikiSprings system to members of the Intel Neuromimicry Research Community (INRC), including members from Accenture, Airbus and other companies, government laboratories and academic researchers.

According to Sina Finance, according to a third-party agency, Gartner predicts that by 2025, neural mimic chips will become the main computing architecture for new and advanced forms of artificial intelligence deployment, and is expected to replace GPU, one of the main chips currently used in artificial intelligence systems. In addition to Intel, IBM is also working on the technology.

Intel said that neural mimic computing is a complete subversion of computer architecture from the bottom up. The goal is to apply the latest insights from neuroscience to create chips that act more like human brain chips than traditional computer chips.

The neural mimicry system replicates the way neurons organize, communicate, and learn at the hardware level. Intel believes that Loihi and future neuromimetic processors will define a new programmable computing model that can meet the world's growing demand for popular smart devices.