Man Vs Machine I.Generally Speaking ......II.ProcessingP ower and Speed III.

Counting the MemoryIV.Perfor mance, Ability andAdaptabilityV. So who is the Superior ?

Generally Speaking

Many of us think that computers are many many times faster, more powerful andmore capable when compared to our brains simply because they can performcalculations thousands of time

faster, workout logical computations without error andstore memory at incredible speeds with flawless accuracy.But is the the computer really superior to the human brain in terms

of ability ,processing power and adaptability ?We now give you the real comparison. Processing Power and SpeedThe human brain-

We can only estimate the processing power of the averagehuman brain as there is no way to measure it quantitatively as of yet. If the theoryof taking nerve volume to be proportional to processing power is

true we then, mayhave a correct estimate of the human brain's processing power.It is fortunate that we understand the neural assemblies is the retina

of thevertebrate eye quite well (structurally and functionally) because it helps to give us aidea of the human brain's capability.The retina is a nerve tissue in the back of the eyeball which

detects lights and sendsimages to the brain. A human retina has a size of about a centimeter square is half amillimeter thick and is made up of 100 million neurons

. Scientists say that theretina sends to the brain, particular patches of images indicating light intensitydifferences which are transported via the optic nerve

, a million-fiber cable whichreaches deep into the brain.Overall, the retina seems to process about ten one-million-point images per second.Because the 1,500 cubic

centimeter human brain is about 100,000 times as large asthe retina, by simple calculation, we can estimate the processing power of aaverage brain to be about 100 million MIPS

(Million computer Instructions PerSecond ). In case you're wondering how much speed that is, let us give you an idea.1999's fastest PC processor chip on the market was a 700 MHz pentium that

did4200 MIPS. By simple calculation, we can see that we would need at least 24,000 of these processors in a system to match up to the total speed of the brain !! (Whichmeans the

brain is like a 168,0000 MHz Pentium computer ). But even so, otherfactors like memory and the complexity of the system needed to handle so many