On 22-4-2010 21:34, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> isn't the estimated clock frequency of a human brain in the order of
>> 100Hz?
>
> The human brain doesn't have a clock frequency. That's approx the
> firing rate of a neuron, tho.
>
There have been asynchronous microprocessors, people also specify a
'clock'-rate for those.
I know that eventhough a single neuron fires maximally in that order of
magnitude you need a much smaller timescale to simulate a brain. But
explaining that is not as funny.
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