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Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM’s Cat Brain Simulation Bogus

9:35AM November 24, 2009 | Jason Chen

The cat brain simulation IBM supposedly pulled off has just been called out as a “PR stunt” by the leader of the Blue Brain project, who says that it’s all a “mass deception of the public.” More »


It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think A Cat

4:01AM November 19, 2009 | John Herrman

Also on IBM’s cat-sized-brain-simulation materials list: 143 terabytes of RAM, miles and miles of cabling, a million watts of electricity, 6675 tons of air-conditioning equipment and an acre of floor space. More »