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The model comprises 80,000 neurons and 300 million synapses, with biologically realistic degrees of local connectivity between neurons. This collaboration between researchers at the University of Manchester and at the J\u00fclich Supercomputer Centre in Germany, under the auspices of the EU Flagship Human Brain Project, paves the way for the modelling of much larger cortical circuits in the future, and has given a clear indication of areas of the SpiNNaker software stack that will require attention in order to deliver the efficient modelling of such circuits in biological real time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract-box\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The human brain comprises just under 100 billion neurons<\/li>\n<li>The cortex is the outer layer of the brain, and is considered to be responsible for many of the higher-level capabilities of the mammalian brain.<\/li>\n<li>SpiNNaker is a digital many-core neuromorphic platform, where the brain-like aspect is the unique interconnect fabric that enables the very high level of connectivity found in the brain to be modelled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p class=\"button\"><a target=\"blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fnins.2018.00291\" class=\"uom-button\">To read the full article, click here - https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fnins.2018.00291<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A breakthrough in modelling biological neural circuits on a brain-inspired computer system. 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