Home Contract Awards DARPA Awards IBM with $16M ContractDARPA Awards IBM with $16M ContractAugust 7, 2009Contract Awards,Executive MovesIBM won a $16 million Defense Advance Research Projects Agency contract to work on the SyNAPSE, or brain-on-a-chip, program. The program is designed to simulate human brain function on actual hardware so computers have the ability to interpret data.Video of the Day