# SpiNNaker **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Neuromorphic computing platform **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Definition SpiNNaker is a neuromorphic computing platform identified in the source article's massively parallel real-time simulation of spiking networks layer. ## Relationships [[wiki/SpiNNaker|SpiNNaker]] is related to [[wiki/Spiking Neural Network|Spiking Neural Network]] as massively parallel real-time simulation of spiking networks. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Source route [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], **IV.4 — SpiNNaker 2: Massively Parallel Brain Simulation** provides the narrative context for **SpiNNaker**: The SpiNNaker architecture, developed at the University of Manchester under Steve Furber — the original designer of the ARM microprocessor — represents a distinctively different approach to neuromorphic computing organized around… <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 -->