A Memory-Crunching Computer That Works Like a Brain
Scientists created a “memcomputer,” a computer that crunches numbers and stores results at the same time as it solves a problem, rather than separately. It's made of six memprocessors, which can change their resistance and store information as they process it—to prove the concept, researchers had it solve the subset sum problem: if you have a group of numbers, can you have a subset of one number or more that adds up to zero? Researchers say it may be the first step in creating smart computers capable of communicating more naturally with humans, as our brain works in a similar, non-linear way.
Via Science Advances.
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Image: Science Advances 03 Jul 2015: Vol. 1, no. 6, e1500031. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500031