Saxony's Supercomputer Spinncloud: The brain of the future is here!

Saxony's Supercomputer Spinncloud: The brain of the future is here!

The Technical University of Dresden has put a new supercomputer called Spinncloud into operation, which challenges computing and efficiency classic systems. This neuromorphic supercomputer uses impressive 35,000 spinnaker2 chips and over five million processor cores to imitate the neural structure of the human brain. This reports sächsische.de .

Spinncloud adapts flexibly to complex and changing environments. The processing of information is carried out decentralized and only if necessary, which leads to a significant energy saving potential. According to techzeitgeist.de , the system processes data at an event-based and parallel, which often laten is below one millisecond-a decisive feature for real-time applications in areas autonomous driving and smart city technologies.

collaboration and research

The Spinncloud project is part of the Ki Competence Center Scads.ai Dresden/Leipzig and is supported by a network from TU Dresden, University of Leipzig and twelve partner institutions. Together they are working on using large amounts of data efficiently and promoting developments in the field of artificial intelligence, according to sächsische.de .

The technology of Spinncloud has been funded as part of the EU flagship project "Human Brain Project". This international project aims to optimize computing power through biologically inspired approaches and to overcome the limits of classic hardware such as GPUs, which have high energy requirements and reach physical limits. The need for such solutions becomes clear when you consider that the neuromorphic architecture enables it to efficiently process information without mathematical matrix operations, explains techzeitgeist.de .

neurosys and future perspectives

In addition to the innovation with Spinncloud, the TU Dresden is an integral part of the future cluster of Neurosys. This cluster is based on outstanding basic research in the areas of materials, electronic components and neuromorphic. The expertise of the RWTH Aachen flows into the circuit and system draft, and tools for the co-design of hardware and software are developed. These initiatives could play a crucial role in the further use of neuromorpher systems, according to the information from clusters4future.de .

The partnerships in the context of neurosys have already achieved international visibility, and the cooperation between research and industry is considered crucial for the mass production of neuromorphic systems. However, challenges such as high costs and scaling problems have to be overcome in order to exploit the full potential of this technology.