AI System Tops 1 Billion Neurons on a Desktop Computer
Proving the evolution of AI to AGI
WASHINGTON — In a significant advance in the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI), the Brain Simulator II neural simulator successfully tested 1 billion neurons on a desktop computer comprised completely of off-the-shelf components. From a performance perspective, the system processed 3 billion synapses per second. Brain Simulator II is an open-source software platform for proving the evolution of AI to AGI.
Seen as another step toward creating brain-level functionality on computers, the spiking neural models used by the Brain Simulator II are more like biological neurons than traditional AI models and contribute immensely to the efficiency of the program. The computer used for this achievement included an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X CPU running at 2.9 Ghz (not overclocked) and 128 GB of RAM.