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[Foxdog]

What I like about our two latest recruits are that we have not taken them out of retirement but that they are proven operators, who have chosen to leave companies either competing or working with Brainchip in Syntiant and Amazon. I actually find that quite remarkable given the current status of Brainchip’s commercialisation. It provides me, as an investor, with enormous confidence and a nice warm fuzzy feeling!

Damn straight DEB

 

[Diogenese]

Hi @Diogenese
Just my lay opinion of course based on the publicly available podcast with Luca Verre CEO of Prophesee who stated that until AKIDA every other method of processing they had tried led to compromise in the performance of their event based sensor that they had spent more than a decade developing will at some point convince a company like Sony to insert AKIDA technology at (160) or Sony will be at risk that Prophesee will convince Canon or Google or Apple or Samsung or Nokia. Even Uncle Elon if he does decide to have his very own ePhone would be a stand out to take up the best that Prophesee can be.

Actually Blackberry with its deep tentacles into the military would probably be a unique use target market for the best Prophesee can be sensor AKIDA combo. The significance of every soldier in the field being able to detect events occurring on the battlefield regardless of lighting conditions would clearly be invaluable. In 2019 there were approximately 27.5 million soldiers in the World.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

As we've discussed before, at the time the patents were filed, Sony was working with Prophesee and Qualcomm on the blur-free camera for mobile phones using the Sony 3D-IC manufacturing process, so Luca would have been quite familiar with Snapdragon's capabilities when he spoke so glowingly about Akida. I imagine that Sony would have auditioned a few other NNs before (temporarily) settling on Snapdragon to use in their new proprietary 3D IC manufacturing process.

And let's not forget that Akida has a sweet spot for LiDaR., ...
and is 5 to 10 times more efficient at in-cabin key word spotting.

Why doesn't the world know this?

 

[Slymeat]

I would like to make two basic suggestions for the BRN website.

1. I think it's time to take some authentic photos of BrainChip offices, tech and people instead of using standard stock photos like these:

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2. Sort this photo out as its blurred and should be clear and sharp

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The image is clear enough for me, even if I zoom in.

 

[Fact Finder]

The image is clear enough for me, even if I zoom in.

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That’s what he gets for using a phone powered by Snapdragon.

 

[Fact Finder]

An interesting article for those who like to think about the bigger picture and Brainchip's statement "we don't need China at the moment":

MSN

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Newk R]

Wow at $18.92 I might even allow myself the purchase of a depreciating asset...perhaps a new car, I reckon you can guess which brand

I know that asset will be depreciated, but I'm sure the bottle of champers that goes with it will be appreciated.

 

[Dang Son]

Some body needs to come up with cyber security solution that blocks hackers.
I searched data breaches in Australia and came up with a list of attacks that has doubled since 2018 to 130 violations this year.

Data Breaches In Australia

www.webberinsurance.com.au

 

[Foxdog]

I know that asset will be depreciated, but I'm sure the bottle of champers that goes with it will be appreciated.

That's what you buy the car for right?

 

[Mt09]

 

[Slade]

The image is clear enough for me, even if I zoom in.

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I may need to upgrade my glasses. That still looks blurry to me.

 

[Slade]

I am going to find something else to complain about.

 

[Fact Finder]

I am going to find something else to complain about.

That’s cheaper than SpecSavers.

 

[Slade]

Akida is too similar to Alexa
Come to think of it, Alexa could soon be Akida's gf.

 

[Deleted member 118]

The new robot companion being released spring next year.

Panasonic to launch pet robot in pivot away from home appliances

'Nicobo' to keep more users company after successful crowdfunding campaign

asia.nikkei.com

 

[Deleted member 118]

Wow at $18.92 I might even allow myself the purchase of a depreciating asset...perhaps a new car, I reckon you can guess which brand

I can see you in it now

 

[Fact Finder]

The following article/paper is technophobe friendly and is a brilliant explanation of the history of trying to find a solution to communication for space missions and why NASA would have have been tickled pink when they discovered AKIDA technology:

Cognitive Radios Will Go Where No Deep-Space Mission Has Gone Before

How radios can use neural networks to adapt to alien environments

spectrum.ieee.org

If you have been following the story and dots about AKIDA and cognitive radio/communications this will fill in all the missing pieces.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[DingoBorat]

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Samsung 3nm GAA Yield Rate at an Abysmal 20%, Aims to Improve Output Through Cooperation With U.S.-Based Firm

Samsung’s attempt to mass produce 3nm GAA chips is going horribly and it aims to improve output by partnering with a U.S. company

wccftech-com.cdn.ampproject.org

They don't sound like they're going to be very robust chips do they..

I guess, as long as you're not out with what ever devices they're in, on a dry windy day, wearing wool or polyester and make sure you're always wearing your rubber boots, there shouldn't be a problem

I don't know if static electricity will affect the "good" chips, once made..

 

[Deleted member 118]

So they releasing the new robot in the spring

Panasonic to launch pet robot in pivot away from home appliances

'Nicobo' to keep more users company after successful crowdfunding campaign

asia.nikkei.com

 

[Diogenese]

They don't sound like they're going to be very robust chips do they..

I guess, as long as you're not out with what ever devices they're in, on a dry windy day, wearing wool or polyester and make sure you're always wearing your rubber boots, there shouldn't be a problem

I don't know if static electricity will affect the "good" chips, once made..

Now here's a company that's resting on their laurels:
Silicon Frontline Technologies
US7669152B1 Three-dimensional hierarchical coupling extraction
Priority: 20070213

Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for processing integrated circuit chip design. A three-dimensional Monte Carlo random-walk process may be applied to a cell in a hierarchical description of the layout of the chip to extract information regarding the cell. The information may include coupling resistance, capacitance, inductance, or combinations thereof. A neighborhood of the cell may be built and data correlated to the neighborhood may be stored. Such a technique may be applied from a bottom level to a top level of the hierarchical description of the chip layout.

It's a system for identifying parasitic or leakage paths in an IC.

It's really the AI equivalent of Anil.

The patent has only a few years to run, and it's only filed in USA. They don't seem to have any other patents.

The inventors were also inventors of this nearly expired patent:
US6577992B1 Transistor level circuit simulator using hierarchical data
NASSDA CORP

Device-level circuit simulation is an important step in microelectronic circuit design. Through such simulation, the functionality of a circuit may be validated and performance of the circuit may be predicted before the circuit is physically fabricated. The application of existing simulation tools such as SPICE, however, is limited to the simulation of small subcircuit blocks, typically less than 100,000 transistors, due to their memory capacity and performance limitations.

Methods and apparatus for generating a hierarchical representation of a circuit include obtaining a netlist corresponding to the circuit, the circuit including a plurality of subcircuits. A hierarchical representation of the circuit is then generated from the netlist, the hierarchical representation including the plurality of subcircuits arranged among a plurality of levels of the hierarchical representation. Each one of the plurality of subcircuits has an associated subcircuit definition. In addition, each of a plurality of subsets of the subcircuits share a same subcircuit definition, where memory storage for the same subcircuit definition is shared by the subcircuits in each of the subsets. Moreover, each one of the plurality of subcircuits has a dynamic voltage state. Selected ones of the subcircuits in each of the plurality of subsets share a same dynamic voltage state, where memory storage for the same dynamic voltage state is shared by the subcircuits in each of the selected ones of the plurality of subsets. Once generated, the hierarchical representation may be used during simulation of the circuit to reduce the number of computations required.

There does not seem to be a tie-up between Nassda and Silicon Frontline Tech.

Silicon Frontline:
https://www.siliconfrontline.com/company/management/

Yuri Feinberg, CEO​

Prior to SFT, Yuri founded Nassda, the developer of HSIM, which grew to a public company with revenues of $50M. Before Nassda, Yuri was involved at EPIC, where his contributions enabled EPIC to be the leader in circuit simulation.

Clearly Yuri and Andrei TCHERNIAEV are circuit testing whizz kids, but they seem to have let the R&D slip. They must be relying on confidentiality to protect their secrets.

As Moore's law bumps into the buffers, their services will come more and more into demand.

 

[Diogenese]

They don't sound like they're going to be very robust chips do they..

I guess, as long as you're not out with what ever devices they're in, on a dry windy day, wearing wool or polyester and make sure you're always wearing your rubber boots, there shouldn't be a problem

I don't know if static electricity will affect the "good" chips, once made..

Static discharge has always been an issue with CMOS ICs until they are bedded down on a circuit board and installed in equipment. It's just that when you get to these dimensions these problems become more extreme. There is probably a square law relationship, so that at 4 nm the static problem is 4 times worse than at 8 nm.

https://www.circuitstoday.com/how-to-protect-cmos-devices-and-ics#:~:text=Another effect of static damage is that the,voltage discharges that can be generated during handling.