How Many Fruit Fly Brains Can an M5 Ultra Mac Studio Run?

What happens when you put a fruit fly's brain into a ultra-high-performance computer priced at around 30 million won?

We ran a simulation based on the actual brain and nervous system of a fruit fly on a Mac Studio powered by Apple's M5 Ultra,
and went beyond simple benchmarking to directly examine the massive computational demands required by a living creature's neural network. 

Capable of precisely replicating over 160,000 neurons and tens of millions of synaptic connections,
the M5 Ultra Mac Studio can even train a fruit fly's neural network to play a game.

In particular, using the powerful performance of the M5 Ultra, you can create a "brain in a vat" scenario for a fruit fly without even needing an internet connection. 

From generating images and 3D worlds using local AI to running massive AI models with hundreds of billions of parameters by connecting two Macs,
experience the powerful performance of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio.
Check out the video to see how the M5 Ultra excels and where it hits its limits in the process of creating a virtual world for a single fruit fly!

(Planned by: Ha Hyun-jong / Directed by: Park Kyung-hym / Assistant Directors: Kim Eun-chong, Yang Gi-chang, Lim Ji-oh Intern / Technology: Chun Se-yeon / Filming: Yoo Se-hoon, Yang Gi-chang / Editing: Jung Hye-soo / CG Design: Kim Tae-hwa / Music: Kim Ji-won)

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