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[Bravo]

This might seem like a silly question, but is there a chance there's an NDA in place between BrainChip and Nuvia?

This article says the Arm-compatible CPU cores that were designed in house by Qualcomm's acquired Nuvia team will be marketed under a new brand called Oryon. The components are now due to ship in products by the end of 2023 or early 2024.

It also states "Now Qualcomm executives have gone on stage, in a livestreamed keynote, and bragged how its Nuvia team has produced for the Snapdragon line "world-class" CPU cores that will take on the competition."

Qualcomm teases custom Oryon CPU cores designed by Nuvia

Snapdragon giant flips off Softbank, promises processors within next two years

www.theregister.com

 

[Bravo]

SiFive and NASA!

Extract

https://www.eetimes.com/nasa-uses-risc-v-vector-spec-to-soup-up-space-computers/

 

[Fullmoonfever]

Posted elsewhere to expand on my thinking.

I would suggest either way it's cut, that there is a requirement to work with those companies respective IP and ours, whether direct or through someone like Moschip maybe.

If you have a look at the below definition you can see where verification IP (Siemens, Cadence, Synopsys IP solutions) is potentially being required.

Bottom line is the role needs to provide:
"functional verification of the IP solution of Siemens/Synopsys/Cadence.

Now why?

Has any/all of those companies integrated Akida (test / protype perhaps) and we need to provide the tech support (Akida side) to verify their overall solution works as intended?

They sure as hell wouldn't need us to verify their own stand alone IP solutions.

Verification IP (VIP)

Verification IP (VIP) is a pre-packaged set of code used for verification. It may be a set of assertions for verifying a bus protocol, or it could be a module... » read more

semiengineering.com

Verification IP (VIP)
A pre-packaged set of code used for verification.

DESCRIPTION

Verification IP (VIP) is a pre-packaged set of code used for verification. It may be a set of assertions for verifying a bus protocol, or it could be a module intended to be used within a defined verification methodology, such as UVM. This would often contain stimulus sequences, bus functional models, a set of checkers, coverage model and other things associated with a particular block in the design, such as a USB interface.

The main engine inside verification IP is the transactor model — sometimes called masters and slaves, sometimes just called VIPs, and in some flows called agents — that are the elements that can get told by a UVM, or whatever approach is being used, to write the test vectors.

VIP emerged as a form of reusable IP, which can be used to create the tests needed to shorten SoC verification time and increase coverage. While it is often used to verify standard bus protocols, it also can be used for system performance analysis and is increasingly being used with emulation, simulation, and virtual prototyping.

For example, VIP can be used with emulation for simulation acceleration and APIs. The simulation acceleration side uses emulation to run faster with a UVM test environment, very similar to the verification IP used with UVM, but not targeted to run on an emulator.

The API side of the VIP that is sitting in the testbench communicates between the two and uses transactions rather than low level signals. However, if a design is put onto the emulator and it is running in a UVM testbench mode, the speed of the emulator is limited because everything is moving back and forth at the signal level. Part of that signal level is still running in simulation so it’s going to throttle back the speed possible with emulation.

 

[Getupthere]

 

[alwaysgreen]

Sony May Be Working on an Interactive Avatar System

Sony's latest patent suggests the development of a special virtual avatar built from the players' own face scans, with interactive features included.

gamerant.com

Bolded the bits that may be related to Akida. PSVR2 with Akida? Will take a look into it.


Sony has just submitted its latest patent, referencing the development of an interactive 3D avatar that players would be able to use to convey emotions and more. The tech giant has its fair share of mid-production technologies and patent-level hypotheses, and some of them sound like they could truly provide users with a new kind of media utility, whether through video games or through some other manner of interaction.

While they don't necessarily mean much on their own, companies' patents can sometimes afford fans a close look at some developing and/or upcoming technologies that may or may not see the light of day, sometimes years down the line. In Sony's case, specifically, the company seems to have a bunch of ongoing projects, and one of them concerns the translation of gamers' emotions in real-time, using none other than their virtual avatars.
According to the latest patent listing provided by Sony, the company is attempting to develop a video game avatar that would allow for animated modification on the fly using information sourced from the user's own facial expressions. The provided documentation suggests that users' faces would be scanned for various expressions (happiness, sadness, etc.), which would then be converted to their in-game avatar's own face. This new submission may or may not be connected to Sony's earlier AI-based facial animation patent, it's worth pointing out.



Furthermore, the listing mentions that users would also have the option to convert their own faces into 3D models to be used in video games. This could be where Sony's picture-in-picture patent would potentially tie into the system, as it would allow for expressive pop-in screens that could appear in response to various in-game actions, such as victories and defeats. Other use cases include speech bubbles, animated gestures, gesticulations, and similar instances.

Keeping the above in mind, it's likely that Sony would need a comprehensive way of capturing data about the users' respective faces before using them in video games and 3D interfaces. The specifics of this aren't detailed in this patent, but it's possible that the system would be used in tandem with particular kinds of hardware that might be able to supply such data. The surprisingly pricy PS VR2 headset immediately comes to mind, for example.

 

[alwaysgreen]

Sony is using Mediatek chipsets in the PSVR2. Bit of a long shot but maybe Akida is involved?

Sony PSVR 2 Will Sport a MediaTek Chip; Chipmaker Launches New Flagship Dimensity 9200 Chipset

MediaTek announcement confirms that Sony will use its chips for the PSVR 2 .

in.ign.com

 

[Rise from the ashes]

Job description has vanished?

 

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Chinese ownership of Newport microchip plant a 'security risk'

The UK government says Nexperia's takeover of Newport Wafer Fab creates national security risks.

www.bbc.com

 

[Deleted member 118]

Job description has vanished?

Maybe we will get a few announcements now



And I wonder if anyone got the balls chewed for disclosing any possible NDA

 

[Rise from the ashes]

 

[Rise from the ashes]

Job description has vanished?

Did I accidentally post a nude pic. What's with the laughing emojis?

 

[Rise from the ashes]

 

[Bravo]

Job description has vanished?

Yeah, that because @chapman89's application for the role was successful, so they took it down.

 

[Deleted member 118]

https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/press-room/hundreds-renesas-intersil-brand-radiation-hardened-ics-lift-onboard-artemis-1-mission-moon

 

[Mccabe84]

Job description has vanished?

Hmmm interesting I guess those dots being joined may be correct

 

[Diogenese]

Hmmm interesting I guess those dots being joined may be correct

But has the horse bolted?

 

[Shadow59]

But has the horse bolted?

I can imagine a lot of serious discussions going on behind the scenes now! Fire extinguishers everywhere!
There could be a human resource position opening very soon!

 

[Bravo]

But has the horse bolted?

 

[Deleted member 118]

But has the horse bolted?

 

[gex]

I hope you guys haven't started a shitfight ;p