https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0802/c90000-20348494.html

https://www.zju.edu.cn/2025/0802/c76699a3072814/page.htm

The National Key Lab of Brain Intelligence at Zhejiang University has developed a “monkey brain” computer that is equipped with 960 Darwin 3 chips, the third-generation brain-like neural processing units developed by the lab.

The chip array supports more than 2 billion pulsed neurons and over 100 billion synapses, making Darwin Monkey the world’s first brain-like computer to combine advanced thinking abilities with vision, hearing, language and learning functions. It consumes approximately 2,000 watts of power under typical operating conditions.

The research team has successfully deployed several intelligent applications on the computer. It can run the DeepSeek brain-like large model to perform tasks such as logical reasoning, content generation and mathematical problem-solving. Leveraging its powerful neuronal and synaptic resources, the system can also – in a preliminarily mode – simulate animal brains of varying neuron sizes, including those of C. elegans, zebrafish, mice and macaques, offering new possibilities for brain science research.