SpiNNaker 2: A 10 Million Core Processor System for Brain Simulation and Machine Learning · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1911.02385/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTSpiNNaker 2: A 10 Million Core Processor System for Brain Simulation and Machine Learning — mentioned by zackmorrishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44226930urn:hackerpapers:mention:1911.02385:44226930Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:40:26 GMT<p>Thanks to you and the other commenters! - I just want to leave this breadcrumb showing possible markets and applications for high-performance computing (HPC), specifically regarding SpiNNaker which is simulating neural nets (NNs) as processes communicating via spike trains rather than matrices performing gradient descent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201812 (Sandia turns on brain-like storage-free supercomputer) https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/06/06/sandia-turns-on-brain-... (working implementation of 175,000 cores) https://www.theregister.com/2017/10/19/steve_furber_arm_brai...…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1911.02385/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.ETSpiNNaker 2: A 10 Million Core Processor System for Brain Simulation and Machine Learning — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21518272urn:hackerpapers:submission:1911.02385:21518272Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:18:00 GMT<p>SpiNNaker 2: 50B Real-Time simplistic neurons</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1911.02385/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.ET