Understanding the Competition
Ben Chandler | February 8, 2010
In About SyNAPSE I characterized neuromorphic devices as the opposite of conventional Von Neumann processors. This is somewhat of a oversimplification, however. Modern processors are actually quite evolved from pure Von Neumann devices. They are dramatically more capable on virtually every computational workload than their heritage would suggest is possible. For neuromorphic devices to find any success in the marketplace, they’ll need to offer a significant performance gain against existing solutions, but with comparable or lesser power consumption and cost.


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