I was talking about synaptic strength (strength of connections between neurons which can vary from +ve to -ve) [0]. There is no mention of synapse in that article.
Can we also map the synaptic strength with this method? If not, I think we only have half the picture; as for brains, configuration of connections are as important as layout of the circuitry.
Yes, a brain does not work like a CPU. As noted by another user in this thread, understanding brain is a considerably harder problem. "CPUs are deliberately engineered so that their different functions are nicely decoupled and easy to reason about but brains are the result of a very messy evolutionary process" -SilasX
People do reverse engineer chips by photographing them. https://youtu.be/aHx-XUA6f9g (Reading Silicon: How to Reverse Engineer Integrated Circuits). But as far as I know, the same cannot be done with the brains even if we can photograph it. I guess the 3D structure of the brain compounded with high interconnection between neurons does not make it easy.
I think this is a very interesting move from Microsoft. Although it is a good multitasking innovation, I cannot help but notice the fact that - this integrates Edge on every application there is, and with a search bar right there, people might start using edge more often than what they currently do now. At least I never open edge voluntarily.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse