IBM's brain-inspired chip TrueNorth changes how computers 'think,' but experts question its purpose - TechRepublic

At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientists have begun testing IBM's TrueNorth computer chip--a brain-inspired mega chip IBM deems "the largest neurosynaptic chip" to date. IBM's TrueNorth is the first of its kind. A collaboration between IBM and Cornell University via the DARPA SyNAPSE Program, which was granted 100 million in public funding, the idea for the chip was conceived in 2004. In 2015, GE inaugurated a new, Multi-Modal manufacturing facility in Chakan, India. If the company's ambitions for the space are realized, it could drive a massive change in global manufacturing.