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Study illuminates a general principle of neural processing in the brain’s serotonin system

Our lives are filled with binary decisions – choices between one of two alternatives. But what's really happening inside our brains when we engage in this kind of decision making? A University of ...
eLife

Size tuning of neural response variability in laminar circuits of macaque primary visual cortex

The trial-to-trial variability of neuronal responses and the correlated response variability among neurons are modulated by visual stimulus size in a manner that depends on cortical layer, suggesting ...
SiliconANGLE

Kneron’s new AI chip brings LLM performance out of the cloud and onto devices

San Diego-based startup Kneron Inc., an artificial intelligence company pioneering neural processing units for the edge, today announced the launch of its next-generation KL1140 chip Founded in 2015, ...
Electronic Design

Neuromorphic NPU Sips Power to Handle Edge Machine-Learning Models

What are spiking neural networks (SNNs)? Why the Akida Pico neural processing unit (NPU) can use so little power to handle machine-learning models. Why neuromorphic computing is important to ...

Naqi Logix Closes Acquisition of Wisear, Deepening Its Neural Interface Moat and Accelerating Commercial Scale

Wisear joins Naqi as a wholly owned subsidiary and European innovation hub, strengthening signal processing and AI/ML ...
EDN

AI-focused MCUs embed neural processor

Aimed at AI/ML applications, Renesas’ RA8P1 MCUs leverage an Arm Ethos-U55 neural processing unit (NPU) delivering 256 GOPS at 500 MHz. The 32-bit devices also integrate dual CPU cores—a 1-GHz Arm ...