Your brain runs on 20 watts. Could brain-inspired computing do the same?
Your brain runs on 20 watts. Could brain-inspired computing do the same?
Right now, your brain is recognising the shapes of these letters, analysing their meaning, and holding a stream of thought together, all on about 20 watts of power. That's roughly what it takes to run a light bulb. Yet reproducing even a small fraction of the brain's capabilities using today's AI systems can require vast computing infrastructure and energy. Neuromorphic computing, also known as "brain-inspired computing", is an attempt to close that gap. Not by making today's computers slightly more efficient, but by fundamentally rethinking how they should work.