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Vinony

neuromorphic

adjective

  1. mimicking neuro-biological architectures using integrated circuit designs
  2. emulating the human brain typically with electronics
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English neuromorphic From neuro- + -morphic.

  1. That mimic and implement neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system to be used in a practical computing system.

    “neuromorphic computing”

    ““There is not going to be a single model for computing. We’ve had the linear, the serial one. We’re developing the neuromorphic methods that are designed around pattern recognition ... There will be a change, not just architecturally, but also in the way we integrate data that we are not doing now."”