--- title: Brain-like Computers Can Do Math, Too | daily.dev description: Sandia National Laboratories researchers demonstrated that neuromorphic computing hardware can solve complex mathematical problems using the finite element... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brain-like-computers-can-do-math-too-upeazniqw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brain-like Computers Can Do Math, Too | daily.dev og:description: Sandia National Laboratories researchers demonstrated that neuromorphic computing hardware can solve complex mathematical problems using the finite element... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brain-like-computers-can-do-math-too-upeazniqw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UpeaZniqW.png og:image:alt: Brain-like Computers Can Do Math, Too og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brain-like Computers Can Do Math, Too **[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sandia National Laboratories researchers demonstrated that neuromorphic computing hardware can solve complex mathematical problems using the finite element method, challenging the assumption that brain-inspired computers are only good for approximate, pattern-recognition tasks. Using Intel's Loihi 2 chip with over 1 billion digital neurons, they successfully solved partial differential equations commonly used in fluid dynamics, mechanics, and electromagnetics. While current energy efficiency advantages are modest, the team expects clearer benefits at larger scales as methods are optimized for neuromorphic hardware. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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