BRN Discussion Ongoing

[DingoBorat]

MF were big on recommending AfterPay (APT). Who not only wasn't making a profit but last year lost 350M! What will it be this year. That never seemed to worry them. They were promoting broker views that the SP would go to $300 (valuing the company at 80B even after Square offered $150 (39B) for the take over.

MF were an investor in APT they would disclose in small print.

As an aside the price that APT was acquired for would be the same as $23 for BRN!

APT was the market darling of the ASX, but had a costly, crappy business plan.

BRN will be the market darling of the ASX (for starters), but it will be built on a solid foundation, that we are all witnessing the construction of.

Our business plan is Golden and brings a smile to my face, whenever I think about it.

Empires are not built overnight, but they do get built.

Sounds like a good advertising slogan ..

 

[alwaysgreen]

MF were big on recommending AfterPay (APT). Who not only wasn't making a profit but last year lost 350M! What will it be this year. That never seemed to worry them. They were promoting broker views that the SP would go to $300 (valuing the company at 80B even after Square offered $150 (39B) for the take over.

MF were an investor in APT they would disclose in small print.

As an aside the price that APT was acquired for would be the same as $23 for BRN!

23 is my favourite number. If we were bought out for $23, I would definitely be building these (gaudy) front gates on my house!

They are Michael Jordans front gates btw. Money definitely doesn't buy class haha

 

[charles2]

Oh my. No surprise here.

Tesla behaving badly. Very badly.

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer. The video, which remains archived on Tesla’s website, was...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[DingoBorat]

23 is my favourite number. If we were bought out for $23, I would definitely be building these (gaudy) front gates on my house!

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They are Michael Jordans front gates btw. Money definitely doesn't buy class haha

I reckon he gets Uber-Eats a lot

That's actually one of his playing numbers, so I wonder if that's also the address?..

 

[ndefries]

I reckon he gets Uber-Eats a lot

That's actually one of his playing numbers, so I wonder if that's also the address?..

Ha that isnt his house number - here is the property listing - 15M USD and it's your. the basketball court is decent!

2700 Point Drive, Highland Park, IL 60035 | MLS #09814087 | Compass

2700 Point Drive, Highland Park, IL 60035 is a single family home not currently listed. This is a 9-bed, 17-bath, 32,683 sqft property.

www.compass.com

 

[JB49]

The Valeo expert commeneted on the post stating "I can confirm that it is a long way to go but very promising". That doesn't fill me with any confidence that we will be in any Valeo products anytime soon.

For those not aware, Markus Schafer is the CTO of Development & Improvement and is also a Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz. Markus is highly regarded across the industry and has almost 55,000 followers alone on LinkedIn. His post on neuromorphic computing highlighting BrainChip has only been live 14 hours but has already been re-posted 10 times extending the tentacles across multiple audiences.

A few may consider the content underwhelming, however for me, and IMO this coverage does a number of things.

1. Takes opportunity to identify BrainChip as one of two leading developers (alongside Intel)
2. Provides irrefutable proof of neuromorphic computings strategic importance to Mercedes future fleet development
3. Indicates that Mercedes are researching wide use cases that will have a direct impact on future AI functionality across their vehicles
4. Validates the ongoing partnership with BrainChip
5. Confirms that experts are working closely to examine new applications
6. Provides clue that even small node application is transferring to measurable advancement across multiple applications
7. Reinforces that a single use case for Akida (Hey Mercedes) has demonstrated efficiency improvements of 5-10 times
8. Clearly flags that efficiency improvements are paramount given the increasing use of AI technology within vehicles

Cheers.

NB - Perhaps also a timely reminder on the LinkedIn comments, let's keep it professional please.

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[alwaysgreen]

I reckon he gets Uber-Eats a lot

That's actually one of his playing numbers, so I wonder if that's also the address?..

Ha that isnt his house number - here is the property listing - 15M USD and it's your. the basketball court is decent!

2700 Point Drive, Highland Park, IL 60035 | MLS #09814087 | Compass

2700 Point Drive, Highland Park, IL 60035 is a single family home not currently listed. This is a 9-bed, 17-bath, 32,683 sqft property.

www.compass.com

He can't sell the place. It's been for sale for years!

EDIT: the listing says it's been on the market for 1884 days . If we get taken over for $23, maybe I'll take it off his hands.

 

[MadMayHam | 合氣道]

If I were to be so bold as to decipher what the mighty oracle Dio has said... Brainchip uses Spikes to process information, CEVA seems to be using mathematical gymnastics to do it instead of spikes.

Hi Dhm,

AS Ella continually reminds us:
"Taint what you do,
It's the way that you do it."

CEVA Figure 1 "Mixed precision neural Engine - 4k MAC"

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Using MACs and 16 bits is incompatible with Akida SNN. These are von Neumann hangovers.

While they refer to sparsity, there in no indication that CEVA are using N-of-M coding.

This CEVA patent application relates to the cited article:

EP3709225A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF MULTIPLIERS IN NEURAL-NETWORK COMPUTATIONS

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A system and method for performing neural network calculations may include selecting a size in bits for representing a plurality of weight elements of the neural network based on a value of the weight elements. In each computational cycle: if the size in bits of a weight element of the plurality of weight elements is N, configuring an N∗K multiply accumulator to perform one multiply-accumulate operation of a K-bit data element and the N-bit weight element; and if the size in bits of at least two N/M-bit weight elements of the plurality of weight elements is N/M, configuring the N∗K multiply accumulator to perform up to N/M multiply-accumulate operations, each of a K-bit data element and an N/M-bit weight element, where N, K and M are integers bigger than one, N is a power of 2, M is even and N≥M.

...
Typically, the neurons and links within a NN are represented by mathematical constructs, such as activation functions and matrices of data elements and weights. A processor, e.g. CPUs or graphics processing units (GPUs), or a dedicated hardware device may perform the relevant calculations.

[0004] NN calculations require performing a huge amount of multiplications, e.g., of the data elements and weights. Typical hardware implementations of NN usually support 16-bit fixed-point precision arithmetic processing. However, the power consumption of such devices becomes a problem in many NN applications.

[0005] Attempts to reduce the power consumption have been made, for example, by reducing the bit precision to 8, 4 or even 1 bit. While reducing the bit precision may indeed reduce the power consumption, it may at the same time reduce the accuracy of the neural network.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a system and method for efficient utilization of multipliers in neural network computations by an execution unit. The method may include for example determining a size in bits of weight elements; configuring an N∗ K multiply accumulator to perform at least two multiply operations in parallel, if the size in bits of at least two weight elements is not bigger than N /M, where K is an integer bigger than one, each of N and M is a power of 2 and N≥M.

 

[alwaysgreen]

The Valeo expert commeneted on the post stating "I can confirm that it is a long way to go but very promising". That doesn't fill me with any confidence that we will be in any Valeo products anytime soon.

@chapman89 Fighting the good fight! Always representing.

David Fredericks from Aurecon seems interested. Might be worth keeping an eye on them in the future. Aurecon are massive!

Steven Peters from the Institute of Automotive Engineering (FZD) confirmed that they are doing some "work"/studies into Neuromorphic. Hopefully with Akida.

 

[MadMayHam | 合氣道]

Thanks @sonofkong ... can someone please tell me how to download the document, can't seem to do it on linkedin.

Markus Schafer’s neuromorphic article is finally up

Markus Schäfer on LinkedIn: IN THE LOOP: NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING | 23 comments

My new “In the Loop” series kicks off with #Neuromorphic Computing – the clear winner of my poll a few weeks ago. For those unfamiliar, this highly… | 23 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com

 

[Moonshot]

The Valeo expert commeneted on the post stating "I can confirm that it is a long way to go but very promising". That doesn't fill me with any confidence that we will be in any Valeo products anytime soon.

I didn't see any Valeo person in the comments on Markus' post when I checked just now. Can you send a screenshot?

 

[BaconLover]

@chapman89 Fighting the good fight! Always representing.

David Fredericks from Aurecon seems interested. Might be worth keeping an eye on them in the future. Aurecon are massive!
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Steven Peters from the Institute of Automotive Engineering (FZD) confirmed that they are doing some "work"/studies into Neuromorphic. Hopefully with Akida.

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David is a shareholder.
No idea about the other guy.

 

[SharesForBrekky]

He can't sell the place. It's been for sale for years!

EDIT: the listing says it's been on the market for 1884 days . If we get taken over for $23, maybe I'll take it off his hands.

No wonder he can't sell the place, who on Earth would need 15.4 bathrooms, haha

 

[alwaysgreen]

I didn't see any Valeo person in the comments on Markus' post when I checked just now. Can you send a screenshot?

I think he's talking about this bloke

 

[Kachoo]

I didn't see any Valeo person in the comments on Markus' post when I checked just now. Can you send a screenshot?

Soft Basher I think lol.

 

[Diogenese]

The Valeo expert commeneted on the post stating "I can confirm that it is a long way to go but very promising". That doesn't fill me with any confidence that we will be in any Valeo products anytime soon.

https://www.valeo.com/en/valeo-scala-lidar/

Valeo’s third-generation laser LiDAR technology, which is scheduled to hit the market in 2024, will take autonomous driving even further, making it possible to delegate driving to the vehicle in many situations, including at speeds of up to 130 km/h on the highway. Even at high speeds on the highway, autonomous vehicles equipped with this system are able to manage emergency situation autonomously.
...

• 2018: Valeo was the first company in the world to run an autonomous vehicle in central Paris, in 100% autonomous driving mode, with Valeo Drive4U, equipped exclusively with series-produced sensors
• 2021: The Honda Legend and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class are the first cars to have reached level 3 automation in the market. Both models are fitted with Valeo’s LiDAR technology.

I guess they will be doing some testing of Scala 3 before it hits the market. Admittedly, hitting the market in 2024 could mean December 2024, but who releases a new car at Christmas?

We haven't seen anything to prove Scala 3 has Akida, but that's where the smart money is.

 

[MrNick]

No wonder he can't sell the place, who on Earth would need 15.4 bathrooms, haha

Hostage & Methane.

 

[Diogenese]

No wonder he can't sell the place, who on Earth would need 15.4 bathrooms, haha

An old people's home.

 

[tjcov87]

 

[Damo4]

Wow. Not sure what else to say, but the identification of the shark species is fantastic.
Don't care who's tech this is, I'm impressed.

It saw the bull shark before I did.