DifferenceNetworkVSCPU

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Computer memory is inherently sequential. The CPU can access the Next item in RAM because the concept of Next is defined by the CPU’s addressing space.

Within the simulator each neuron maintains a list of its synapses and the neurons they target. In a biologically plausible world, all these are processed simultaneously. But in a computer, it’s a simple matter to direct that synapses to be processed sequentially.