Artificial Brain Simulation - Thalamocortical System, 3.5 Billion Synapses, 16.7 Million Neurons

Download DigiCortex demo here: SpikeFun simulation of the mammalian brain’s thalamocortical system with 16.7 million neurons and approx. 3.5 billion synapses (modeled using Izhikevich phenomenological neuron model with multiple compartments). Total simulation memory usage is 350 GB. Network build-up took approx. 2 hours on dual-CPU 16 core Intel Xeon 2687W system running @3.1 GHz. Simulation models AMPA, NMDA and GABA synaptic receptor kinetics, depressing and facilitat