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Artificial neurons compute faster than the human brain
Sara Reardon
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01290-0
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Exercise 1 Answer the following questions.
Exercise 1 Answer the following questions.
- The word “process” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
- wedge
- mold
- experience
- deal with
- According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of conventional computer hardware?
- It has more computing power than the human brain.
- It was invented by Google.
- It has insufficient computing power for machine-learning tasks.
- It uses networks of artificial neurons to perform complex tasks.
- The phrase “figured out” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
- found
- calculated
- maneuvered
- implied
- According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of neuromorphic devices?
- They are designed to behave just as the human brain does.
- They process information in either 1 or 0 bits.
- They require less energy than biological neurons.
- There are a number of institutions to develop them.
- All of the following statements are true of the nanoclusters of magnetic manganese EXCEPT:
- They were used to fill the gaps between the superconductors.
- They were used by Schneider’s team to make the superconductors work more efficiently.
- They can be aligned in various directions.
- They require no physical space but a great amount of energy.
- Which of the following best describes “one ten-thousandth”?
- 1/10,000
- 110,000
- 10/1000
- 11,000
- All of the following statements are true regarding the future of neuromorphic computing EXCEPT:
- Neuromorphic computing will be advanced more if the functions of the human brain are fully understood.
- It will take a lot of time before people use neuromorphic computing devices.
- The competition of neuromorphic computing devices will be less severe.
- Some people think it is important to develop various technological approaches for the future.
Exercise 2 Choose the correct word or expression to complete each of the following sentences.
Exercise 2 Choose the correct word or expression to complete each of the following sentences.
- Superconducting computing chips modelled ( ) neurons can process information faster and more efficiently than the human brain.
- before
- with
- after
- of
- Artificial intelligence software has increasingly begun to ( ) the brain.
- surpass
- maintain
- outpower
- imitate
- In conventional electronic systems, transistors process information at regular intervals and in ( ) amounts — either 1 or 0 bits.
- precise
- random
- various
- fixed
- Schneider’s team created neuron-( ) electrodes out of niobium superconductors.
- friendly
- like
- minded
- based
- By ( ) the amount of magnetic field in the synapse, the nanoclusters can be aligned to point in different directions.
- varying
- various
- variety
- varied
- It remains to be ( ) whether it will be possible to scale it to this level.
- see
- saw
- seeing
- seen
- Synapses can only operate at temperatures close to ( ) zero.
- ground
- absolute
- infinite
- phase
- Cooling the devices requires ( ) energy than operating a conventional electronic system with an equivalent amount of computing power.
- no more
- no less
- much less
- much more
- They face stiff competition from the many other neuromorphic computing devices ( ) development.
- under
- over
- below
- above
- Furber also stresses that practical applications are ( ) in the future.
- fur
- far
- close
- near
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