https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/0 ... less-power
World's first bioprocessor uses 16 human brain organoids for ‘a million times less power’ consumption than a digital chip"A Swiss biocomputing startup has launched an online platform that provides remote access to 16 human brain organoids," reports Tom's Hardware: FinalSpark claims its Neuroplatform is the world's first online platform delivering access to biological neurons in vitro. Moreover, bioprocessors like this "consume a million times less power than traditional digital processors," the company says.
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In a recent research paper about its developments, FinalSpakr claims that training a single LLM like GPT-3 required approximately 10GWh — about 6,000 times greater energy consumption than the average European citizen uses in a whole year. Such energy expenditure could be massively cut following the successful deployment of bioprocessors.
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The operation of the Neuroplatform currently relies on an architecture that can be classified as wetware: the mixing of hardware, software, and biology.
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"While a wetware computer is still largely conceptual, there has been limited success with construction and prototyping, which has acted as a proof of the concept's realistic application to computing in the future."
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-compone ... gital-chip
I predicted that with reaching the 8 billion humans mark, we will have developed another ground breaking computing technology, similar to the advent of the transistor, IC and microchip, looks like Wetware is a candidate, or alike.
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Srdja
