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If you can not buy, you can not wait for a product to be delivered.You can “Enquire” but not “Buy” an Edge Box.
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If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
In relation to this morning's announcement, here's the Tender info for "Evaluation of Neuromorphic Computing Technologies for Very Low Power AI/ML Applications" .
ESA Tender Actions
Extract 1 - Speaks for itself really.
Extract 2 - "Demonstrating the superioriy". Yes please! Hopefully this independent benchmarking will come in handy for us in getting more licenses over the line.
"Demonstrate the superiority of Neuromorphic technology with respect to power consumption and benchmark algorithm on commercially available evaluation boards."
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ESA Tender Actions
Extract 1 - Speaks for itself really.
"Such a low consumption makes Neuromorphic very attractive for embedded applications where power is limited (e.g. satellites, probes, rovers, landers). It also makes possible training at the edge (where data are produced), therefore, eliminating or simplifying the ground segment. The activity is aimed at optical applications related to exploration (HRE), Earth Observation (EOP) or science (SCI)."
Extract 2 - "Demonstrating the superioriy". Yes please! Hopefully this independent benchmarking will come in handy for us in getting more licenses over the line.
"Demonstrate the superiority of Neuromorphic technology with respect to power consumption and benchmark algorithm on commercially available evaluation boards."
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Those of you who have taken a closer look at the global neuromorphic research community will likely have come across the annual Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop, a three week project-based meeting in eponymous Telluride, a charming former Victorian mining town in the Rocky Mountain high country of southwestern Colorado. Nestled in a deep glacial valley, Telluride sits at an elevation of 8750 ft (2667 m) and is surrounded by majestic rugged peaks. Truly a scenic location for a workshop.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), which has continuously supported the Telluride Workshop since its beginnings in the 1990s, described it in a 2023 announcement as follows: It “will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from academia and industry, including engineers, computer scientists, neuroscientists, behavioral and cognitive scientists (…) The annual three-week hands-on, project-based meeting is organized around specific topic areas to explore organizing principles of neural cognition that can inspire implementation in artificial systems. Each topic area is guided by a group of experts who will provide tutorials, lectures and hands-on project guidance.”
https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportu...ng-augmented-intelligence/announcements/95341
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Telluride 2024
The workshop took place over 3-weeks as a project-based meeting organized around specific topic areas to bring the organizing principles of neural cognition into artificial intelligence, and to use AI to understand how brains work.sites.google.com
The topic areas for the 2024 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop are now online. As every year, the list of topic leaders and invited speakers includes the crème de la crème of neuromorphic researchers from all over the world. While no one from Brainchip has made the invited speakers’ list (at least not to date), I was extremely pleased to notice that Akida will be featured nevertheless! It has taken the academic neuromorphic community ages to take Brainchip seriously (cf my previous post on Open Neuromorphic: https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-ongoing.1/post-404235), but here we are, finally getting acknowledged alongside the usual suspects:
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Some readers will now presumably shrug their shoulders and consider this mention of Brainchip in a workshop programme as being insignificant as opposed to those coveted commercial announcements. To me, however, the inclusion of Brainchip at Telluride marks a milestone.
Also keep in mind what NSF Program Director Soo-Siang Lim said about Telluride (see link above): “This workshop has a long and successful track-record of advancing and integrating our understanding of biological and artificial systems of learning. Many collaborations catalyzed by the workshop have led to significant technology innovations, and the training of future industry and academic leaders.”
I’d just love to know who of the four topic leaders and/or co-organisers had suggested to include Brainchip for their hands-on project “Processing space-based data using neuromorphic computing hardware” (and whether this was readily agreed on or not):
Was it one of the two colleagues from Western Sydney University’s International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS)? Gregory Cohen (who is responsible for Astrosite, WSU’s containerised neuromorphic inspired mobile telescope observatory as well as for the modification of the two neuromorphic cameras on the ISS as part of the USAFA Falcon Neuro project) or Alexandre Marcireau?
Or was it Gregor Lenz, who left Synsense in mid-2023 to co-found Neurobus (“At Neurobus we’re harnessing the power of neuromorphic computing to transform space technology”) and is also one of the co-founders of the Open Neuromorphic community? He was one of the few live viewers of Cristian Axenie’s January 15 online presentation on the TinyML Vision Zero San Jose Competition (where his TH Nürnberg team, utilising Akida for their event-based visual motion detection and tracking of pedestrians, had come runner-up), and asked a number of intriguing questions about Akida during the live broadcast.
Or was it possibly Jens Egholm Pedersen, the Danish doctoral student at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden’s largest technical university, who hosted said presentation by Cristian Axenie on the Open Neuromorphic YouTube channel and appeared to be genuinely impressed about Akida (and the Edge Impulse platform), too?
Oh, and last, but not least:
Our CTO Anthony M Lewis aka Tony Lewis has been to Telluride numerous times: the workshop website lists him as one of the early participants back in 1996 (when he was with UCLA’s Computer Science Department). Tony Lewis is subsequently listed as a guest speaker for the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 workshops (in his then capacity as the founder of Iguana Robotics) - information on the participants between 2006 - 2009 as well as for the year 2011 is marked as “lost”. In 2019, Tony Lewis had once again been invited as either topic leader or guest speaker, but according to the website could not come.
So I guess there is a good chance we will see him return to Telluride one day, this time as CTO of Brainchip, catching up with a lot old friends and acquaintances, many of whom he also keeps in touch with via his extensive LinkedIn network, so they’d definitely know what he’s been up to.
As I said in another post six weeks ago:
Anyone interested in registering online for remote participation in the upcoming hybrid Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop (June 30 - July 19)?
Telluride 2024 - Online Registration
The workshop intends to live stream many of the morning talks and discussions directly from the schoolhouse for remote participation. The registration link for online participation in the hybrid 2024 workshop is: https://forms.gle/xfSMwnYgcwRq1UAE6 Or just fill out the form below. Your invitation
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Meanwhile, two more speakers have been invited by the organisers of the topic area SPA24: Neuromorphic systems for space applications, which is the one that will provide on-site participants with the opportunity to get hands-on-experience with neuromorphic hardware including Akida:
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Dr Damien Joubert from Prophesee and …
Telluride 2024 - SPA24: Neuromorphic systems for space applications
Topic leaders Gregory Cohen | WSU Gregor Lenz | Neurobus Co-organizers Alexandre Marcireau | WSU Giulia D’Angelo | CTU Jens Egholm | KTH
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The 2024 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop is into its third (and last) week.
Today, I once again revisited the webpage of the topic area SPA24 Neuromorphic Systems for Space Applications (which is the one also involving Akida) and noticed that apart from two more projects added, another speaker was recently invited: interestingly, Dr Noor Qadri is a chemist at the US Naval Research Lab’s Remote Sensing Division.
Telluride 2024 - SPA24: Neuromorphic systems for space applications
Topic leaders Gregory Cohen | WSU Gregor Lenz | Neurobus Co-organizers Alexandre Marcireau | WSU Giulia D’Angelo | CTU Jens Egholm | KTH
You're a funny guy who always makes completely pointless comments about everything.If you can not buy, you can not wait for a product to be delivered.
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Sparsity has been BRN's watchword from day 1. This may be related to work on compressing LLMs.
Bravo
If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Jeff Bezos And Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Lead $300M Funding Round For Startup Working On Developing 'General Purpose Brain' For AI Systems
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July 15, 2024 4:17 AM | 2 min read | 1 Comment
The artificial intelligence company Skild AI has secured a substantial $300 million in Series A funding. This investment round was led by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and SoftBank Group, led by Masayoshi Son, among others, and is aimed at developing a “general-purpose brain” for AI systems.
What Happened: Skild AI, a spinout from Carnegie Mellon, recently emerged from stealth mode to announce the successful completion of its Series A funding round, the company announced last week. The company is focused on creating an AI system that can be retrofitted into various machines and robotics devices
The funding, which was raised at a valuation of $1.5 billion, was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, and Bezos through Bezos Expeditions. It also saw participation from Felicis Ventures, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CRV, Amazon, SV Angel, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Skild AI is the latest entrant in the AI space with the ambitious goal of developing an “artificial general intelligence.”
Skild AI’s long-term objective is to create a modular artificial “brain” that can be retrofitted for use in any compatible housing. The company’s roadmap and partnerships were not disclosed in the Series A funding announcement.
Why It Matters: Bezos’s involvement in Skild AI comes after he sold $5 billion in Amazon shares earlier this year. This move had sparked speculation about his financial strategies, including a potential purchase of the Seattle Seahawks. Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021, continues to shape the tech landscape through strategic investments and his role as executive chair.
Meanwhile, SoftBank has been aggressively expanding its AI portfolio. Recently, SoftBank acquired UK chipmaker Graphcore to strengthen its AI capabilities. This acquisition aligns with SoftBank’s broader strategy to invest in foundational AI technologies, including semiconductors and systems.
Amazon’s increasing reliance on robotics further underscores the significance of Skild AI’s mission. The e-commerce giant has deployed over 750,000 robots, replacing more than 100,000 human jobs. These robots, such as Sequoia and Digit, enhance efficiency and safety, highlighting the growing role of AI in operational processes.
Additionally, the broader AI landscape is witnessing ambitious predictions. Emad Mostaque, co-founder of Stability AI, recently forecasted that China would lead in robot adoption, with Elon Musk echoing that robots will eventually outnumber humans.
Jeff Bezos And Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Lead $300M Funding Round For Startup Working On Developing 'General Purpose Brain' For AI Systems - SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBF), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
The artificial intelligence company Skild AI has secured a substantial $300 million in Series A funding. This investment round was led by Jeff Bezos and Softbank, among others, and is aimed at developing a "general-purpose brain" for AI systems.
And...Abhinav Gupta, who is the President and Co-Founder of Skild AI looks to have completed some sort of research on neuromorphic computing!!!
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maybe you should then questioning your own comments… what do you think?
jtardif999
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It was one of the main themes in PVDM’s book.
Learning
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HopalongPetrovski
I'm Spartacus!
I would guess we can expect PVDM to produce a new book now that he's retired and has a little more time on his hands.
When I spoke to him a few AGMs ago he said he had one in the works.
It would be great to get an update on his thinking and prognostications now he has had all his BrainChip experience to add to his lived repertoire.
When I spoke to him a few AGMs ago he said he had one in the works.
It would be great to get an update on his thinking and prognostications now he has had all his BrainChip experience to add to his lived repertoire.
Pom down under
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Pom down under
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HopalongPetrovski
I'm Spartacus!
I just wish they'd get on and release the killer app.already!
That's right.........Fembots...........any excuse to roll them out, eh brothers?
I could've gone with the sharks with the fricken' laser's on their heads.......but hey, I'm only human and on another wintry day here in Melbourne I thought we could all use a little treat!!!
Well been away in Europe for the last 2 months. Have enjoyed getting away and not thinking about Brainchip. I return to see the news on Airbus and see the share price under 20c!!! don't get it. But in true stupid form i decided to throw another $50k at this but this time it will be a trade. A good trade though, I'll sell it at 40c for more than 100% from here.
(If i get the chance, it may gap up to $1 if we get a good contract signed
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(If i get the chance, it may gap up to $1 if we get a good contract signed
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CHIPS
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Are you ready for some excellent news?!!!
And now we also know what some of those AKD1500 chips are destined for!
“First quarter of 2024, BrainChip joined a consortium with Airbus Toulouse, Airbus Ottobrunn , Frontgrade Gaisler, and Neurobus for the European Space Agency - ESA ITT “Evaluation of Neuromorphic Computing Technologies for Very Low Power AI/ML Applications in Space.”
Airbus project lead Jérémy Lebreton and AI vision expert Roland Brochard state “This disruptive technology is on track to become part of the space industry roadmap, paving the way for new applications of AI at the edge in space, like earth observation, space exploration, satellite rendezvous, and landing on the moon.”
BrainChip is proud that Airbus selected Akida for both COTS chips and IP in their proposal. ESA awarded the Airbus “NEURAVIS” proposal, including Akida in the AKD1500 chip and on an FPGA together with Frontgrade Gaisler’s NOEL-V processor.”
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TOULOUSE!!!
As I had said...
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Well been away in Europe for the last 2 months. Have enjoyed getting away and not thinking about Brainchip. I return to see the news on Airbus and see the share price under 20c!!! don't get it. But in true stupid form i decided to throw another $50k at this but this time it will be a trade. A good trade though, I'll sell it at 40c for more than 100% from here.
(If i get the chance, it may gap up to $1 if we get a good contract signed
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