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[Terroni2105]

This is interesting for us as we know we are liked by Tata.
They also have a partnership with Renesas and are also pivoting to electric vehicles.

Tata to enter chipmaking in India: Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Conglomerate to invest $90bn over 5 years, also into other businesses

asia.nikkei.com

 

[stockduck]

Did someone reconize this developement?
I found it in social media like twitter and so on.... and I read that BMW and valeo has relationchips even to quallcom.

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Autobrains Announces $120 Million Series C Funding Bringing Self-Driving Into Full Autonomy, Solving the 'Impossible' 1% Error Margin

Autobrains, an AI-pioneer mobility company that develops revolutionary self-learning technology for advanced driving assisted systems and autonomous driving, today announced the final closing of Series C funding amounting to $120 million led by Temasek together with both existing partners...

finance.yahoo.com

Autobrains Announces $101 Million Series C Funding Led by Temasek

/PRNewswire/ -- Autobrains, developer of first-of-its-kind self-learning artificial intelligence technology for assisted and autonomous driving, today...

www.prnewswire.com

"New and current investors also participated in the round, including Knorr-Bremse AG, VinFast, BMW and long-term partner, Continental AG"

Valeo signs major contract with the BMW Group in advanced driving assistance systems

Valeo and the BMW Group have entered into a major collaboration for which Valeo will provide the ADAS domain controller, sensors and software for parking and maneuvering for BMW's upcoming platform generation "Neue Klasse"*, due to launch in 2025.

www.valeo.com

google translator:

Welcher Autobauer hat beim autonomen Fahren die Nase vorn?

Die Autohersteller tasten sich technologisch an das vollautonome Fahrzeug heran. In unserem Überblick erfahren Sie den aktuellen Stand.

www-automotiveit-eu.translate.goog

Sorry if mentioned before.....

 

[Deleted member 118]

UK, Italy and Japan team up for new fighter jet

The countries enter a joint venture to design and build the next generation of fighter aircraft.

www.bbc.com

 

[stockduck]

Did someone reconize this developement?
I found it in social media like twitter and so on.... and I read that BMW and valeo has relationchips even to quallcom.

Autobrains News - Autobrains Technologies

Autobrains Technologies News. Industry insights, news, and updates.

autobrains.ai

Autobrains Announces $120 Million Series C Funding Bringing Self-Driving Into Full Autonomy, Solving the 'Impossible' 1% Error Margin

Autobrains, an AI-pioneer mobility company that develops revolutionary self-learning technology for advanced driving assisted systems and autonomous driving, today announced the final closing of Series C funding amounting to $120 million led by Temasek together with both existing partners...

finance.yahoo.com

Autobrains Announces $101 Million Series C Funding Led by Temasek

/PRNewswire/ -- Autobrains, developer of first-of-its-kind self-learning artificial intelligence technology for assisted and autonomous driving, today...

www.prnewswire.com

"New and current investors also participated in the round, including Knorr-Bremse AG, VinFast, BMW and long-term partner, Continental AG"

Valeo signs major contract with the BMW Group in advanced driving assistance systems

Valeo and the BMW Group have entered into a major collaboration for which Valeo will provide the ADAS domain controller, sensors and software for parking and maneuvering for BMW's upcoming platform generation "Neue Klasse"*, due to launch in 2025.

www.valeo.com

google translator:

Welcher Autobauer hat beim autonomen Fahren die Nase vorn?

Die Autohersteller tasten sich technologisch an das vollautonome Fahrzeug heran. In unserem Überblick erfahren Sie den aktuellen Stand.

www-automotiveit-eu.translate.goog

Sorry if mentioned before.....

 

[Proga]

 

[Fullmoonfever]

Our Renesas mates will be there as well.

https://www.renesas.com/us/en/support/events

 

[Townyj]

Our Renesas mates will be there as well.

https://www.renesas.com/us/en/support/events

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Sheesh.. Renesas.. Brainchip @ CES. Some more solid exposure coming up. Excited to see if anything new is revealed.. *cough* Akida 2K plz.

 

[TechGirl]

Hi 7of7

Well you can tell the others that AKIDA has the game sown up. It has the highest performance and a dramatically lower price point than Intel's Loihi and IBM's True North.

AKIDA 1.0 with all the bells and whistles is about $25.00 Australian. If you want the IP it is considerably cheaper and it is cheaper again if you do not require all the nodes. Renesas licencing just two nodes paid considerably less than what MegaChips did for the full AKIDA 1.0 IP.

Over the years I have heard various prices for a single 14nm Loihi 1 chip which ranged from $80 to $170 Loihi 2 at 7nm is going to be much more expensive. In addition at least at this stage they do not offer IP and their chip design does not allow for selling of just part of the neural fabric. Indeed to achieve the best performance they seem mostly to offer Loihi 1 and 2 in two chip configurations at least with the latest Loihi 2 offering being a board with eight Loihi 2 chips.

So I am not sure what the discussion is you have been having in Germany but it needs to be reconsidered as Brainchip has cancelled out the opposition in this space on price as well as with Science Fiction performance.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Proga]

Did someone reconize this developement?
I found it in social media like twitter and so on.... and I read that BMW and valeo has relationchips even to quallcom.

Autobrains News - Autobrains Technologies

Autobrains Technologies News. Industry insights, news, and updates.

autobrains.ai

Autobrains Announces $120 Million Series C Funding Bringing Self-Driving Into Full Autonomy, Solving the 'Impossible' 1% Error Margin

Autobrains, an AI-pioneer mobility company that develops revolutionary self-learning technology for advanced driving assisted systems and autonomous driving, today announced the final closing of Series C funding amounting to $120 million led by Temasek together with both existing partners...

finance.yahoo.com

Autobrains Announces $101 Million Series C Funding Led by Temasek

/PRNewswire/ -- Autobrains, developer of first-of-its-kind self-learning artificial intelligence technology for assisted and autonomous driving, today...

www.prnewswire.com

"New and current investors also participated in the round, including Knorr-Bremse AG, VinFast, BMW and long-term partner, Continental AG"

Valeo signs major contract with the BMW Group in advanced driving assistance systems

Valeo and the BMW Group have entered into a major collaboration for which Valeo will provide the ADAS domain controller, sensors and software for parking and maneuvering for BMW's upcoming platform generation "Neue Klasse"*, due to launch in 2025.

www.valeo.com

google translator:

Welcher Autobauer hat beim autonomen Fahren die Nase vorn?

Die Autohersteller tasten sich technologisch an das vollautonome Fahrzeug heran. In unserem Überblick erfahren Sie den aktuellen Stand.

www-automotiveit-eu.translate.goog

Sorry if mentioned before.....

It's a bit confusing. BMW will be using Valeo's Domain Controller powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs. The ADAS domain controller will host Valeo’s software platform for low-speed maneuvering (sounds like Valeo's Valet Service), as well as software assets from BMW and Qualcomm for driving automation. BMW “Neue Klasse” will also feature the next generation of Valeo’s ultrasonic sensors, the full set of surround view cameras, as well as a new multifunctional interior camera that will contribute to improved safety and create a new level of user experience.” No Lidar

Most of the sensors are Valeo's which will hopefully incorporate Akida IP. Controlling the volume of data from the sensors/cameras etc to the domain controller is the key so you don't overload it with useless data. Valeo said they will develop and produce the ADAS domain controller capable of managing all data flows from all ADAS sensors (does this include from SNN from their own sensors/cameras) in BMW Group vehicles based on the “Neue Klasse” platform. They seem to be making a point in emphasising all when they could have easily said - Valeo will develop and produce the ADAS domain controller capable of managing data flows from ADAS sensors

This was an interesting paragraph - "Equipped with some of the most powerful automotive processors in the market (not the most), the system being developed by Valeo, BMW Group and Qualcomm is able to obtain real-time mapping and understanding of the car’s surroundings as well as the interior of the vehicle. New features and upgrades will be added throughout the car’s lifecycle".

I think they are too far down the road in developing Snapdragon to go back and be ready by 2025 which seems to be the date every luxury producing automaker is trying to meet with their new science fiction vehicles. There is an almighty existential race going on with automakers new and old atm to grab EV market share as ICE vehicles in most western countries will soon be banned and they're also worried the dates could be moved forward depending on global warming.

Following on, there was an article in the Automotive News Europe on the 17th of March which said - BMW and Qualcomm have both said that automakers should not develop unique software systems that cannot be shared - I believe they are having a dig at Mercedes-Benz because they're behind the 8-ball. As we know MB are developing their own OS as well. BMW has backed the wrong horse and they know it. Sharing with other automakers sounds like trying to keep them at BMW's level and not surpass them with a superior ADAS like MB. Stellantis haven't fallen for it.

BMW, Qualcomm to offer autonomous-driving platform to third parties

After the platform is used in BMW vehicles, it will be offered to other automakers and suppliers.

europe.autonews.com

 

[Space Cadet]

How nice would it be sneaking a little space in the Vehicle Tech area given last year and these guys are again one of the featured

Vehicle Tech at CES 2023

The greatest innovators in automotive come to CES to show the world their creations.

exhibit.ces.tech

CES 2023
VEHICLE TECH

FEATURED EXHIBITORS

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I'm also going to keep an eye on continental on media day Jan 4.

https://conti-engineering.com/camera-sensors/

They do mention neural networks in their camera sensors for automotive.
One ould only hope.

SC

 

[Proga]

Sheesh.. Renesas.. Brainchip @ CES. Some more solid exposure coming up. Excited to see if anything new is revealed.. *cough* Akida 2K plz.

Yeah. I wonder if Braichip plan to do the big 2K reveal @ CES to gain maximum exposure.

 

[dippY22]

It is a bit sad to see shareholders getting excited about a 2.5c rise in share price. Still remember the glorious days when it jumped 30 or 40c a day. Those happy days will come again, guess we just have to wait.

Pretty good price action based on the extremely low volume, if you ask me. The glorious days you are referencing had 20, 30 or even 40 times yesterday's ASX volume, too. And don't even get me started on the (pathetic - my opinion only) OTC volumes in the USA.
Regards, Mr. Positive (smiley face)

 

[Fullmoonfever]

I'm also going to keep an eye on continental on media day Jan 4.

https://conti-engineering.com/camera-sensors/

They do mention neural networks in their camera sensors for automotive.
One ould only hope.

SC

Yeah, was checking them out earlier.

Appears Ambarella in as a minimum.

SafetyWissen

www.safetywissen.com

 

[Diogenese]

Yeah, was checking them out earlier.

Appears Ambarella in as a minimum.

SafetyWissen

www.safetywissen.com

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Ambarella:
US2022147753A1 METHOD TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF QUANTIZED MULTI-STAGE OBJECT DETECTION NETWORK

*
RCNN = region-based CNN
region proposal network (RPN)
directed acyclic graph (DAG) memory

The blocks 92 a - 92 n may implement hardware resources (or engines). The block 94 may implement a shared memory circuit. The block 98 may implement a directed acyclic graph (DAG) memory. In an example embodiment, one or more of the circuits 92 a - 92 n may comprise blocks (or circuits) 110 a - 110 n. In the example shown, circuits 110 a and 110 b are implemented.

[006] ... The memory may be configured to store image data of an input image. The processor may be configured to detect one or more objects in the input image using a quantized multi-stage object detection network, where quantization of the quantized multi-stage object detection network includes
(i) generating quantized image data by performing a first data range analysis on the image data of the input image,
(ii) generating a feature map and proposal bounding boxes by applying a region proposal network (RPN) to the quantized image data,
(iii) performing a region of interest pooling operation on the feature map and a plurality of ground truth boxes corresponding to the proposal bounding boxes generated by the RPN,
(iv) generating quantized region of interest pooling results by performing a second data range analysis on results from the region of interest pooling operation, and
(v) applying a region-based convolutional neural network (RCNN) to the quantized region of interest pooling results.

[0040] In an example embodiment, the circuit 110 a may implement convolution operations. In another example, the circuit 110 b may be configured to provide pooling operations. The circuit 110 b may be configured to provide ROI pooling operations in accordance with an example embodiment of the invention (e.g., using ground truth inputs as part of a quantization process). The convolution and pooling operations may be used to perform computer (or machine) vision tasks (e.g., as part of an object detection process, etc.). In yet another example, one or more of the circuits 92 c - 92 n may comprise blocks (or circuits) 110 c - 110 n (not shown) to provide convolution calculations in multiple dimensions.


RCNN applies CNN to selected regions of the field of view delineated by bounding boxes (BB), so the RPN first has to identify objects to draw the BBs around.

As they say, there's more than one way to skin a cat, but I don't think tweezers is one of them - that'll just pluck it.

 

[Diogenese]

It's a bit confusing. BMW will be using Valeo's Domain Controller powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs. The ADAS domain controller will host Valeo’s software platform for low-speed maneuvering (sounds like Valeo's Valet Service), as well as software assets from BMW and Qualcomm for driving automation. BMW “Neue Klasse” will also feature the next generation of Valeo’s ultrasonic sensors, the full set of surround view cameras, as well as a new multifunctional interior camera that will contribute to improved safety and create a new level of user experience.” No Lidar

Most of the sensors are Valeo's which will hopefully incorporate Akida IP. Controlling the volume of data from the sensors/cameras etc to the domain controller is the key so you don't overload it with useless data. Valeo said they will develop and produce the ADAS domain controller capable of managing all data flows from all ADAS sensors (does this include from SNN from their own sensors/cameras) in BMW Group vehicles based on the “Neue Klasse” platform. They seem to be making a point in emphasising all when they could have easily said - Valeo will develop and produce the ADAS domain controller capable of managing data flows from ADAS sensors

This was an interesting paragraph - "Equipped with some of the most powerful automotive processors in the market (not the most), the system being developed by Valeo, BMW Group and Qualcomm is able to obtain real-time mapping and understanding of the car’s surroundings as well as the interior of the vehicle. New features and upgrades will be added throughout the car’s lifecycle".

I think they are too far down the road in developing Snapdragon to go back and be ready by 2025 which seems to be the date every luxury producing automaker is trying to meet with their new science fiction vehicles. There is an almighty existential race going on with automakers new and old atm to grab EV market share as ICE vehicles in most western countries will soon be banned and they're also worried the dates could be moved forward depending on global warming.

Following on, there was an article in the Automotive News Europe on the 17th of March which said - BMW and Qualcomm have both said that automakers should not develop unique software systems that cannot be shared - I believe they are having a dig at Mercedes-Benz because they're behind the 8-ball. As we know MB are developing their own OS as well. BMW has backed the wrong horse and they know it. Sharing with other automakers sounds like trying to keep them at BMW's level and not surpass them with a superior ADAS like MB. Stellantis haven't fallen for it.

BMW, Qualcomm to offer autonomous-driving platform to third parties

After the platform is used in BMW vehicles, it will be offered to other automakers and suppliers.

europe.autonews.com

One thing that manufacturers dabbling with Snapdragon 8 gen 2 will need to be wary of is the ARM/Qualcomm litigation. This could be the fly in the ointment if Qualcomm loses. This adds a little extra piquancy to the BMW/Qualcomm plea for sharing.

 

[Sirod69]

Ok, without an explanation you can have mine. Sean has satisfied the incentive requirements by brokering several deals with major companies (probably Apple, Samsung and Dick Smith) and has been awarded a truck load of shares.

I'm always looking for one
verifiable connection from brn to qualcomm as i firmly believe that they are a customer of ours

I know @Diogenese say No


Qualcomm
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We're pleased to share that Samsung Mobile is now the official smartphone partner of the Snapdragon Pro Series. Together, we're putting premium #Snapdragon powered Samsung Galaxy devices in the hands of billions of gamers around the world.

Qualcomm Announces Samsung as Presenting Partner of the Snapdragon Pro Series​

DEC 7, 2022SAN DIEGO

Qualcomm Announces Samsung as Presenting Partner of the Snapdragon Pro Series | Qualcomm

www.qualcomm.com

 

[Sirod69]

Arm Neoverse momentum continues across China! This week Baidu, Inc. announced Arm-based GR1 instances using the Ampere Altra CPU. Congratulations to Baidu and Ampere on the launch!

Baidu Smart Cloud has many years of experience in ARM architecture technology and will continue to participate in the more complete ARM ecosystem to help cloud users create excellent solutions on the more efficient Gr1 platform and achieve better cost performance. At the same time, Baidu Smart Cloud technology allows more small and medium-sized enterprises and software developers to participate in reducing carbon emissions.

百度安全验证

baijiahao.baidu.com

 

[JDelekto]

Pretty good price action based on the extremely low volume, if you ask me. The glorious days you are referencing had 20, 30 or even 40 times yesterday's ASX volume, too. And don't even get me started on the (pathetic - my opinion only) OTC volumes in the USA.
Regards, Mr. Positive (smiley face)

If they get on the ball and finally get the DTC eligibility squared away, it might be more enticing to investors who want to take advantage of the currently low stock price but not have to shell out $50 US for every lot they purchase.

I cannot purchase large volumes at once since I only put aside a portion of my paycheck for investing. I have to wait to accumulate enough to make it worth my while. If this DTC eligibility would go through, I wouldn't have to pay a fee for every transaction and I would invest every paycheck.

The way it stands now, It makes sense to have one large transaction instead of several smaller transactions with such a usurious fee. That makes the times that I can purchase the stock few and far between. With that strategy, I usually can't get a price at which I am happy.

I tend to think if other US investors have the same amount of friction investing in BrainChip, they may not consider it worth their while.

 

[charles2]

If they get on the ball and finally get the DTC eligibility squared away, it might be more enticing to investors who want to take advantage of the currently low stock price but not have to shell out $50 US for every lot they purchase.

I cannot purchase large volumes at once since I only put aside a portion of my paycheck for investing. I have to wait to accumulate enough to make it worth my while. If this DTC eligibility would go through, I wouldn't have to pay a fee for every transaction and I would invest every paycheck.

The way it stands now, It makes sense to have one large transaction instead of several smaller transactions with such a usurious fee. That makes the times that I can purchase the stock few and far between. With that strategy, I usually can't get a price at which I am happy.

I tend to think if other US investors have the same amount of friction investing in BrainChip, they may not consider it worth their while.

Ameritrade charges $6.95/trade for BRCHF and always has at least for the past 12 months since my first purchase.

(As a completely irrelevant aside I am presently on Waiheke Island until Xmas and have never met anyone else who owns Brainchip...anybody here to say hello).

 

[JDelekto]

Ameritrade charges $6.95/trade for BRCHF and always has at least for the past 12 months since my first purchase.

(As a completely irrelevant aside I am presently on Waiheke Island until Xmas and have never met anyone else who owns Brainchip...anybody here to say hello).

I wonder if the fee is still the same. I have a co-worker who also uses Ameritrade and says they were also paying a smaller fee. However, they also noted that the fee they had to pay for trades has increased recently.

My company has a Simple IRA plan through Fidelity where I can contribute funds pre-tax dollars, and they have to match up to 3%.

I considered opening an account with Ameritrade, but I was afraid of running into the same hassle I did with WeBull and Robin Hood, specifically those brokers waiting until the last possible minute to make my tax information available, or they didn't have an easy means to electronically transfer the tax information to the company I use for filing.

As I usually tend to get a refund after filing, I like to file as early as possible so that I can get the refund and reinvest that amount.

Maybe in a couple of years, my investment in BrainChip will allow me to hire an accountant to do all of that clerical work for me.