IBM's Cognitive Computing Software May Serve As Architecture For Brain-Like Computer

A computer that works like the human brain? It may not be that far off.

IBM cognitive computing researchers are one step closer to making a brain-like computer a reality. The team on Thursday unveiled a "breakthrough software ecosystem" that has the ability to program microchips with architecture based on the human brain.

The framework, which includes new programming language and algorithms, is just part of the process that principal investigator Dr. Dharmendra S. Modha hopes will lead to IBM's long-term goal:

"Our end goal here is literally to build a brain in a box with 100 trillion synapses," Modha told The Huffington Post. (That's about the same number of synapses within the human brain.)

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