IBM's New Brain-Inspired Chip Dramatically Speeds Up AI Image Recognition

IBM's new brain-inspired chip can run AI image recognition 22x faster than commercial chips, with 25x better energy efficiency

The chip intertwines computation and memory like the brain to avoid the von Neumann bottleneck that slows modern computers

Named NorthPole, the chip transforms IBM's previous TrueNorth neuromorphic architecture into digital silicon compatible with today's computers

NorthPole beat chips from NVIDIA at image recognition AI and can efficiently run speech recognition and NLP AIs

While specialized for AI, multiple NorthPole chips could support large language models - prototype shows new architectures will enable efficient AI for vehicles/aircraft