Why the brain is more efficient than any current computer – and how future computers will behave more like our brain

Ninety-nine per cent of a computer’s volume is devoted to cooling and powering. Only 1% is used to process information. By contrast, the brain uses 40% of its volume for functional performance – and only 10% for energy and cooling.  And the human brain is 10,000 times more dense and efficient than any computer today. See how clever you are?

So IBM is trying to develop ‘bionic’ computing staring with ‘electronic’ blood. Just imagine the computers that wiil be available to your children and your grandchildren.

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