X-Message-Number: 24054 From: "michaelprice" <> References: <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #24047 - #24053 Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 11:25:11 +0100 Hi Mike, Thomas, > For Mike Perry: > > Believe it or not, I'm in the middle of a discussion with someone > else on neural nets versus brains versus standard computers. That someone else is me. > If each connection has a diameter of one nanometer, then each > node will have 1 billion such connections, which amounts to an > outer area of (forgetting pi and the outer area of a sphere) about >1 meter. No, the total area is one billionth of a meter squared. So such a hardwired construction might be possible. This is all academic if it proves easier to simulate a neural network on more conventional, though possibly highly parallel, hardware platform. Cheers, Michael C Price http://mcp.longevity-report.com http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24054