New IBM computer chip mimics the human brain

Previous submissions of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2902833 (bbc.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900896 (hothardware.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900685 (cnn.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900593 (technologyreview.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899885 (popsci.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899850 (cbsnews.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899643 (cbsnews.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299 (computing.co.uk) <- some discussion

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229 (venturebeat.com) <- lots of comments