Brain-Computer Interfaces
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Electrodes per implant

Current verified value
1,024
Neuralink / Precision · N1 / Layer 7
Press release · 2025 Human-verified

What it measures

Number of recording electrodes (channels) on a single implant — the rough ceiling on how much neural signal it can read. Neuralink's N1 and Precision's Layer 7 each carry 1,024, versus the 96 of the original BrainGate array.

Glossary →

History

1.7k4651283510BrainGate Utah array (96)202420252025

By actor

NeuralinkN1, 64 threads1,024
Precision NeuroscienceLayer 7, FDA-cleared1,024
ParadromicsConnexus421
SynchronStentrode, vascular16

Goal / baseline

now1,024
baselineBrainGate Utah array (96)

no fixed goal — bandwidth indicator

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