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The increasing computing demands of artificial intelligence at every stage - from chatbots to robots. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

From Chatbots to Robots (Physical AI): Why Each Stage of Artificial Intelligence Requires a Different Type of Computing

The transition from chatbots to agentic AI and physical AI is changing computing requirements: from tokens and memory, through AI agents that operate tools, to systems that respond in real time in the physical world.
Prof. Christian Meyer presents the multi-million-unit neuromorphic computer at the TSMC conference in Amsterdam. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Narrowing the energy efficiency gap between the brain and artificial intelligence

At the 2025 TSMC Europe OIP conference in Amsterdam, Prof. Christian Meyer from TU Dresden presented SpiNNaker-2 – a giant neuromorphic computer, based on event processing and thin-edge hardware, designed to run artificial intelligence models in real time.