USAF Assesses Chip That Mimics Brain To Identify Ground Targets

January 12 2017

USA

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been testing a "neuromorphic" chip made by IBM to identify military and civilian vehicles in radar-generated aerial photos, reports the MIT Technology Review.

During the tests, the chip performed the task about as accurately as a regular high-powered computer, using less than a 20th of the energy, according to the AFRL.

In 2014, the laboratory awarded a $550,000 contract to IBM for the company's brain-inspired TrueNorth chip. Its...

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