SyNAPSE CHIP- TRUE NORTH

Submitted by,
M.ANUPRIYADHARSHINI
K.N.DHIVIYA
M.FEMITHAPARVEEN
M.JANANI
JEYA JOSHLIN
NAMRATA.R.METHA

 What is Synapse?
In the nervous system, a
synapse is a structure that permits a
neuron to pass an electrical or
chemical signal to another neuron.

INTRODUCTION
SyNAPSE is a DARPA program that
aims to develop electronic
neuromorphic machine technology.
It is an attempt to build a new kind of
cognitive computer with similar form,
function, and architecture to the
mammalian brain.
Such artificial brains would be used in
robots and smartphones.

 SYNAPE-System of Neuro-morphic Adaptive

Plastic Scalable Electronics
IBM research have created a most advanced
Neuro-morphic (Brain like) computer chip
called True North
It is founded by Kwabena Boahen an
electrical Engineer in August 7 2014

 The SyNAPSE chip has a design that mimics

the neural networks found inside your head.
It is capable to pattern recognition and
processing images, sound and other
sensory data.
And the chip, which is the size of a postage
stamp, requires a strikingly small amount of
power.
IBM says it could bring brain-like abilities to
everything from smartphones to robots.

 It consists of
5.4 - Billion Transistors
256 - million neural connections
1 - million Programmable neuron
259 - million SYNAPSE
4096 - individual synaptic cores

HOLISTIC COMPUTER INTELLIGENCE

LEFT BRAIN Focus on language and
analytical thinking ( Traditional computers)
RIGHT BRAIN Sense and Recognize
(Neurosynaptic chip)
Both LEFT and RIGHT BRAIN combine to form
Holistic computing intelligence

MONKEY BRAIN
Team mapped out the wiring diagram of a monkey
brain in 2011 and it produced 2011 Neural core.
In 2014 they mapped out the circuit for human
brain.
In current chip contain more than 4000 of these
neural core.
True North was able to recognize things like
people, car, Buses, and trucks.

USES
Google Map can give directions from Point A to B, but
Synapses show if there is a potholes along with the
routes.
Synapse is fit in the palm of the hand , without the
need of Wi-Fi to use it.
It is 176,000 times more efficient than a modern CPU.
Synapse consume thousand times more energy to
perform the same task as a Human brain.

 It is able to detect of Tsunamis and

Hurricanes
It is used for pattern recognition and
processing images, sound and other
sensory data
IBM says its descendants could bring brainlike abilities to everything from
smartphones to robots

ADVANTAGES

The size is like Postage stamp size

More than 80% accurate
Produce less heat
There is no need of CPU, GPU, hybrid computer
Its more efficient than any other chip ever
made.

THANK YOU