We're there: 100 Teraflops Supercomputer could simulate human brain
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It is 3-times faster than The Earth Simulator, and 8-times faster than its predecessor ASCII White.... The ASCII Purple is a one-shot $290 million computer system which will take another 17 years of cost reduction and mass marketing before we can buy one for our own personal use. At that time we may have computers that can interact in a more or less human manner.
In the same year Microsoft will introduce a new operating system, much more stable than any before......