Hala Point - Bryant McGill

# Hala Point **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Neuromorphic computing system **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition Hala Point is Intel's large-scale Loihi 2 neuromorphic system deployed at Sandia National Laboratories. ## Relationships [[wiki/Hala Point|Hala Point]] is related to [[wiki/Intel|Intel]], [[wiki/Loihi 2|Loihi 2]], and [[wiki/Sandia National Laboratories|Sandia National Laboratories]].  This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], and [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]], and [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - **Hala Point** is associated with [[wiki/spiking neural networks|spiking neural networks]]. - **Hala Point** is associated with [[wiki/Sandia National Laboratories|Sandia National Laboratories]]. - **Hala Point** is associated with 1.15 billion neurons. - **Hala Point** is associated with 128 billion synapses. - **Hala Point** is associated with 1,152 Loihi 2 processors. ### Technology and research relationships - [[wiki/Intel|Intel]] developed **Hala Point**. - **Hala Point** uses [[wiki/Loihi 2|Loihi 2]].  ## Source route [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Related Work in the Corpus  - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **Neuromorphic Hardware: Collapsing the Cloud Dependency Objection** provides the narrative context for **Hala Point**: The third verified pipeline—edge-efficient neuromorphic inference—is not metaphor but engineering proof that continuous, low-latency, power-bounded decoding no longer requires cloud connectivity.  ## Research Edges  #### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 561 — `uses` → [[wiki/Loihi 2|Loihi 2]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`. - **Edge 562 — `deployed_at` → [[wiki/Sandia National Laboratories|Sandia National Laboratories]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`. - **Edge 563 — `neuron_capacity` → 1.15 billion neurons** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`. - **Edge 564 — `synapse_capacity` → 128 billion synapses** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`. - **Edge 565 — `processor_count` → 1,152 Loihi 2 processors** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`. - **Edge 566 — `paradigm` → [[wiki/spiking neural networks|spiking neural networks]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 560 — [[wiki/Intel|Intel]] `developed` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`.   #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 593 — `paradigm` → [[wiki/spiking neural networks|spiking neural networks]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `INTEL_HALA`.