New IBM computer chip mimics the human brain

Previous submissions of the same story:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2902833" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2902833</a> (bbc.co.uk)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900896" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900896</a> (hothardware.com)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900685" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900685</a> (cnn.com)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900593" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900593</a> (technologyreview.com)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899885" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899885</a> (popsci.com)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899850" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899850</a> (cbsnews.com)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899643" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899643</a> (cbsnews.com)<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299</a> (computing.co.uk) &#60;- some discussion<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229</a> (venturebeat.com) &#60;- lots of comments