The Significant Takeaway from this presentation by Luca Verre CEO Prophesee in my opinion:
1. Sony is their customer.
2. Sony and Prophesee have now brought a mass produced vision sensor to the market.
3. Prophesee commenced working with Sony to bring this vision sensor to market THREE YEARS AGO or sometime in 2019.
4. AKIDA engineering samples were produced and made available to early access customers under EAPs in OCTOBER, 2020 or TWO YEARS AGO.
5. RENESAS was announced as having licensed AKIDA IP on 23 December, 2020 or ONE YEAR AND ELEVEN MONTHS AGO.
6. NASA was announced as having become an EAP on 23 December, 2020 or ONE YEAR AND ELEVEN MONTHS AGO.
7. MegaChips was announced as having purchased an IP licence in October, 2021 or ONE YEAR AND ONE MONTH AGO.
8. Mercedes Benz announced it was working with Brainchip in January, 2022 or ELEVEN MONTHS AGO.
9. Valeo was announced in June, 2020 or TWO YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS AGO.
10. Ford was announced in May, 2020 or TWO YEARS AND SIX MONTHS AGO.
11. ARM, SiFive, Edge Impulse, Nviso and Prophesee all announced during 2022 or OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS.
So what are the other known facts that allow ME to say that Renesas the partners and the other EAPs from 2020 are not proceeding, taking too long or have no intention of bringing products to market containing complex science fiction level advanced AKIDA technology for original use cases when it took Sony and Prophesee three years to bring a simple event based vision sensor to market and Brainchip has stated that they continue to work with these trusted by partners and EAPs?
In fairness to Brainchip I will concede that where automotive applications are concerned there is an additional complicating factor involved in obtaining ISO 26262 certification.
https://www.automotive-iq.com/electrics-electronics/articles/iso-26262-semiconductor-safety/amp
Genuine question so all sensible answers are welcomed.
My opinion only DYOR
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AKIDA BALLISTA