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The field has more recently focused on designing chips inspired by nature.

Scientists want to ‘copy and paste’ the human brain onto a computer chip

The researchers suggest returning to the goal of reverse-engineering the brain.

The idea, however, could be a long way from becoming a reality.

Thehuman brainhas around 100 billion neurons and a thousand times more synaptic connections.

That means a complete neuromorphic chip would require roughly 100 trillion memories.

Story byThomas Macaulay

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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.

Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).

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