I have been comparing by close analysis the following two announcements.
The first announcement extract is from the
Brainchip Prophesee press release.
The second announcement is from the
SynSense Prophesee press release.
We have had much discussion on the first but not on the second but there is in my opinion a valuable insight to be had by doing so.
In the Brainchip Prophesee release Prophesee states “By combining our Metavision solution with Akida-based IP, we are better able to deliver a complete high-performance and ultra-low power solution to OEMs”…
This is a clear statement that responsibility for the marketing and commercialisation falls entirely to Prophesee. As we all would expect as the CEO Sean Hehir has removed all doubt that Brainchip is pure and simple an IP seller it does not make chips or sensors full stop.
Whereas in the press release by SynSense and Prophesee the following is stated “The combined vision processing solution will be co-marketed by both companies and commercialized by SynSense for addressing IoT and Smart Home detection and gesture control applications”.
The commercialisation of their combined solution falls entirely to SynSense and is restricted to the IOT and Smarthome markets for detection and gesture control.
The difference is with respect between these to arrangements is highly significant or as Big Kev would say HUGE.
Prophesee has seen such value in AKIDA they have taken on all the responsibility for commercialisation and has not placed any restrictions on the markets where it will be offered to OEMs.
While on the other hand Prophesee has said to SynSense yes you can use our sensor and try to commercialise it in the IOT and Smarthome markets for detection and gesture and you can market our name with your solution.
These two partnerships are chalk (SynSense) and the best aged cheddar with a fine wine (Brainchip) in comparison.
Brainchip Prophesee joint press release (extract):
“We’ve successfully ported the data from Prophesee’s neuromorphic-based camera sensor to process inference on Akida with impressive performance,” said Anil Mankar, Co-Founder and CDO of BrainChip. “This combination of intelligent vision sensors with Akida’s ability to process data with unparalleled efficiency, precision and economy of energy at the point of acquisition truly advances state-of-the-art AI enablement and offers manufacturers a ready-to-implement solution.”
“By combining our Metavision solution with Akida-based IP, we are better able to deliver a complete high-performance and ultra-low power solution to OEMs looking to leverage edge-based visual technologies as part of their product offerings, said Luca Verre, CEO and co-founder of Prophesee.”
SynSense Prophesee press release (extract):
“Prophesee broke new ground with the industry first commercial neuromorphic-based vision sensing platform. Its Metavision solutions use an event-based vision approach which delivers significant improvement over traditional frame-based acquisition methods, reducing power and data processing requirements while allowing operation in the most demanding conditions.
Through this partnership SynSense will benefit from Prophesee’s sensing technology and wide existing network of partners. Prophesee will benefit from deep integration with SynSense’s novel processing technology, and world-leading developments in low-power vision applications.
Event-based vision is a paradigm-shifting advancement that is based on how the human eye records and interprets visual inputs. The sensors facilitate machine vision by recording changes in the scene rather than recording the entire scene at regular intervals. Specific advantages over frame-based approaches include better low light response (<1lux) and dynamic range (>120dB), reduced data generation (10x-1000x less than conventional approaches) leading to lower transfer/processing requirements, and higher temporal resolution (microsecond time resolution, i.e. >10k images per second time resolution equivalent).
With Prophesee’s patented Event-Based Metavision sensors, each pixel embeds its own intelligence processing enabling them to activate themselves independently, triggering events.
The partnership will address the design, development, manufacturing and commercialization of the combined neuromorphic technology, including sensors, processing solutions, software and solutions to enable a broad range of applications
The combined vision processing solution will be co-marketed by both companies and commercialized by SynSense for addressing IoT and Smart Home detection and gesture control applications."
We all know thanks to
@Diogenese that the SynSense solution might have a place but not as a competitor with Brainchip's AKIDA technology as it is very much a poor man's attempt at CNN neuromorphic computation.
This has been clearly recognised by Prophesee as while happy for SynSense to have a go they have recognised that Brainchip's AKIDA allows them to be "
better able to deliver a complete high-performance and ultra-low power solution to OEMs looking to leverage edge-based visual technologies as part of their product offerings"
PROPHESEE HAVE TAKEN ON FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CREATING AND MARKETING THE AKIDA PROPHESEE SOLUTION.
My opinion only DYOR
FF
AKIDA BALLISTA
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