Re: [LIS-Forum] IBM Computers to Create Virtual Brain

9 Jun 2005

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Dear Friends,
Now we may have a chance to see real 5th generation computers or we may
call
it has 6th generation computers.  IBM, in partnership with scientists at
Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL) Brain and
Mind Institute will begin simulating the brain's biological systems and
output the data as a working 3-dimensional model that will recreate the
high-speed electro-chemical interactions that take place within the brain's
interior.
These include cognitive functions such as language, learning, perception
and
memory in addition to brain malfunction such as psychiatric disorders like
depression and autism.
"Modeling the brain at the cellular level is a massive undertaking because
of the hundreds of thousands of parameters that need to be taken into
account," said Professor Henry Markram, the EPFL project leader.
"IBM has unparalleled experience in biological simulations and the most
advanced supercomputing technology in the world. With our combined
resources
and expertise we are embarking on one of the most ambitious research
initiatives ever undertaken in the field of neuroscience."
At EPFL, over a decade of knowledge accumulated from wet lab experiments
has
been consolidated into a set of empirical data on the
Microsoft-architecture
of brain's neocortex. The first phase of the project -- nicknamed "Blue
Brain" -- will focus directly on the neocortex, which makes up
approximately
85 percent of the human brain.
...
From there, the modeling will expand to other regions of the brain and, 
if
successful, shed light on the relationships between genetic, molecular and
cognitive functions of the brain.
IBM will equip Blue Brain with four Blue Gene super computer racks. The
system will occupy the floor space of roughly four refrigerators with a
peak
performance of 22.8 teraflops.
IBM's Blue Gene systems are presently the world's fastest supercomputers,
achieving a peak performance of 5.7 teraflops per single rack system. Each
rack occupies one square meter and energy consumption is reduced from
previous IBM systems, changing the economics of super computing and
prompting IBM to start its Capacity on Demand service where computing power
is leased out to customers in a time share type model.
Under its agreement with IBM, EPFL has entered into a Capacity on Demand
type sharing arrangement were IBM says computing power will be leased out
to
other research projects ranging from post-CMOS technology studies to build
smaller transistors to examining folding proteins and their role in
diseases
like Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
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