Artificial neural systems are unlike digital computers. Digital Computers Neural Networks Deductive Reasoning. We apply known rules to input data to produce output. Computation is centralized, synchronous, and serial. Computation is collective, asynchronous, and parallel.
Memory is packetted, literally stored, and location addressable.
Memory is distributed, internalized, and content addressable. Not fault tolerant. One transistor goes and it no longer works. Fault tolerant, redundancy, and sharing of responsibilities. Measured in millionths of a second.