Covers neuromorphic computing, challenges in ternary and binary computing, hardware simulations of the brain, and new materials for artificial brain cells.
Explores parallelism in programming, emphasizing trade-offs between programmability and performance, and introduces shared memory parallel programming using OpenMP.
Discusses the challenges and future of neuromorphic computing, comparing digital computers and specialized hardware, such as SpiNNaker and NEST, while exploring the Human Brain Project's Neuromorphic Computing Platform.
Covers the basics of parallel programming, including concurrency, forms of parallelism, synchronization, and programming models like PThreads and OpenMP.
