Intel unveils second-generation neuromorphic computing chip

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Intel today announced a major update to its neuromorphic computing program, including a second-generation chip called Loihi 2 and Lava, an open-source framework for developing "neuro-inspired" applications. The company is now offering two Loihi 2-based neuromorphic systems -- Oheo Gulch and Kapoho Point -- through a cloud service to members of the Intel Neuromorphic Research Community (INRC) and Lava via GitHub for free. Along with Intel, researchers at IBM, HP, MIT, Purdue, and Stanford hope to leverage neuromorphic computing -- circuits that mimic the human nervous system's biology -- to develop supercomputers 1,000 times more powerful than any today. Custom-designed neuromorphic chips excel at constraint satisfaction problems, which require evaluating a large number of potential solutions to identify the one or few that satisfy specific constraints.