Issue 05 | May 2025
Forging New Frontiers
Materials Science and Engineering
A chip off the old block
A single transistor can mimic the neural and synaptic behaviours of the human brain, bringing biologically inspired computing closer to reality.
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he human brain is a remarkable computing machine. The IBM Summit supercomputer, once the world’s fastest supercomputer, can perform 200 quadrillion (that’s 15 zeros) calculations per second, using around 15 megawatts, enough to power thousands of homes. By comparison, the human brain, weighing just over a kilogram, achieves more than five times the
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