BRN Discussion Ongoing

[HopalongPetrovski]

Very much looking forward to the Grand Reveal of the next Gen Akida! hopefully very soon!!

I have met and chatted with Peter on a few occasions now, and when we last spoke a few months ago he made the point that Akida1.0 will not be obsolete when Akida 2.0 (Or it's new name?) comes to the market because they all have their own unique functions so they will always have their own place within different applications, thought I would share that so people didn't think that the next Gen Akida's will be superseding previous versions! (They won't be!)

Have a great day whatever you do Cheers

Interesting. Not being technical I had assumed that Akida 2 would be an enhanced version of Akida 1.
i.e. capable of everything that Akida 1 could do but with some additional capabilities and perhaps improved performance.
So, I could see that Akida 1 wouldn't necessarily become obsolete as certain use cases could be satisfied and you would only opt for Akida 2 if you wanted or needed the extra utility. Similarly you may not need all of the grunt or wide spectrum recognition potentially available in Akida 1 or 2 if your use case is fairly simple or limited such as may be employed by a toy or an appliance which is merely registering some easily defined input or stimulus.
But am I correct then in my reading of your comment that Akida 1 will be capable of activity that Akida 2 is not?

Also curious where you caught up with Peter a few months ago if you're willing to share.
How was he? In good spirits? Although I know he doesn't partake of alcohol.

When I spoke with him in Sydney last AGM he was in fine form both mentally and apparently physically.
I got the impression he looks after himself and is definitely a man with a mission.
He impressed me a lot and along with the team he has built around him gave me great confidence in our investment.

 

[Realinfo]

There was s/p movement at the station
as the word had past around,
that the 4c had been drafted
and it didn"t bring a frown.

.................................................................mrgdsPatterson ............................................................

AKIDA BALLISTA

Hey @mrgds…you and me should pay Banjo’s Foundation a royalty !!

We’re in the middle of the awards season, with the Oscar’s, the Emmy’s, the Golden Globes, the Grammy’s et al in full nomination mode. Listening to all the Australia Day Awards today, I thought…has Peter been properly recognised for his life changing and transformational achievement?

I recall some pretty obscure gong that he received a couple of years ago, but me myself personally believes what he’s done and is doing, puts him right up there in Nobel Prize territory. I mean even Billy Gates said anyone who could do what Peter’s done, is worth ten times what he did.

No doubt awards are the last thing on his mind, but I believe Peter will eventually be internationally recognised by the wider global community for what he’s achieved and is achieving. For now though, this lack of recognition simply demonstrates that understanding what Akida can and will do, remains locked in the realm of the tech world.

In relation to the next 4C, me thinks that revenue must be higher…I mean surely it couldn’t remain at the paltry level it was last time.

That said…there is no excuse for Hey Hey’s update to not include the current state of play with Akida’s development, patents, staffing, and of course sales and marketing. I say again, this can easily be done without naming names or jeopardising confidentiality agreements our battler has signed. To suggest otherwise is a nonsense, and an admission that nobody within the company has the ability to put words on paper that summarises where the company currently is, without breaching confidentiality.

I feel better now.

 

[dippY22]

tinyML Trailblazers with Luca Verre CEO Prophesee​

Synsense and Loihi mentioned but didn't hear any references to Akida. But I was multitasking so my attention was not totally focused.

 

[Boab]

Very much looking forward to the Grand Reveal of the next Gen Akida! hopefully very soon!!

I have met and chatted with Peter on a few occasions now, and when we last spoke a few months ago he made the point that Akida1.0 will not be obsolete when Akida 2.0 (Or it's new name?) comes to the market because they all have their own unique functions so they will always have their own place within different applications, thought I would share that so people didn't think that the next Gen Akida's will be superseding previous versions! (They won't be!)

Have a great day whatever you do Cheers

Brilliant, thanks for that clarification.

 

[equanimous]

When you see a post and you nod your agreeing with what it says but your scratching your head at the same time

 

[buena suerte :-)]

Interesting. Not being technical I had assumed that Akida 2 would be an enhanced version of Akida 1.
i.e. capable of everything that Akida 1 could do but with some additional capabilities and perhaps improved performance.
So, I could see that Akida 1 wouldn't necessarily become obsolete as certain use cases could be satisfied and you would only opt for Akida 2 if you wanted or needed the extra utility. Similarly you may not need all of the grunt or wide spectrum recognition potentially available in Akida 1 or 2 if your use case is fairly simple or limited such as may be employed by a toy or an appliance which is merely registering some easily defined input or stimulus.
But am I correct then in my reading of your comment that Akida 1 will be capable of activity that Akida 2 is not?

Also curious where you caught up with Peter a few months ago if you're willing to share.
How was he? In good spirits? Although I know he doesn't partake of alcohol.

When I spoke with him in Sydney last AGM he was in fine form both mentally and apparently physically.
I got the impression he looks after himself and is definitely a man with a mission.
He impressed me a lot and along with the team he has built around him gave me great confidence in our investment.

Hi Hoppy.. I think Akida2.0 as I understand it is gearing towards being optimized for LSTM and transformers as there has been a lot of talk about this recently and as I said all Akida versions will all have their own use cases!
as to your comment "Akida 1 will be capable of activity that Akida 2 is not?" Hard to comment on this until the Grand Reveal, maybe @Diogenese can HELP! but I think they are geared for specific applications and manufactures can choose which one best suits their products.

Peter is a very modest man and a great guy to chat to and correct he doesn't drink alcohol he is happy with his sparkling water.
We met in Perth at a few get togethers arranged by @Earlyrelease & TD and have also had the pleasure of meeting Ken & Pia also great people to chat with.

Cheers

 

[Xray1]

Hi skutza,

I don't think the 4C will offer much in dollar terms. If there was a major license agreement we probably would of heard about it unless it is a secret squirrel agreement with a DoD contractor in which case the dollars would likely trickle in over years to hide the deal and its pricing. Also a chance that the cash from any sales won't hit our books until this quarter. Not the companys' fault, just accounting. Will likely release it after the market closes on Friday.

The LDA call is my main focus atm. Looking at the announcement I assume that BRN are chasing the full amount available of $28M (give or take a dollar or two). If that is their aim it implies a SP of around 93 cents. I think most holders would be happy with that. The question is what news does the company have up its sleeve to boost the SP to that level (and beyond)? The odd thing about this call is the extended time frame.

Just playing " Devils Advocate " ........... what if the money raised via LDA is partially used towards a Co acquisition or maybe a new start up Co .... who or what could it be ??? !!!

 

[Deadpool]

Synsense and Loihi mentioned but didn't hear any references to Akida. But I was multitasking so my attention was not totally focused.

Something like this mate

 

[Dhm]

Just playing " Devils Advocate " ........... what if the money raised via LDA is partially used towards a Co acquisition or maybe a new start up Co .... who or what could it be ??? !!!

I cannot believe our senior management would just out of the blue raise funds (sell shares) at these low prices. There must be an agenda we are not privy to. Just when the reasoning for this is released, who knows? Tomorrow? AGM....probably not then as it will be too late to supercharge the SP. Whatever it is will just drop out of the blue, as the Intel news was. And VVDN. All I know is that our senior management are smart cookies.

Re the Anastasi interview with Mike Davies, it was as though he was talking of the market leader in Loihi 2. We all know this isn't correct as L2 is still a research chip, so just what is going on. I was thinking Intel may abandon L2 for Akida, which in turn would supply reasoning for the share sales in my first point. So much we don't know and are only speculating on.

 

[alwaysgreen]

Might be worth keeping an eye on Mouna ELKHATIB.

She worked for only 6 months at Brainchip. Seems like she is selling edge IP and ASIC. Naming sounds familiar... AON1000... hmmm. Hopefully it's not the only thing she has copied from Brainchip! She was the Director of Design Engineering at Brainchip so would have an intricate knowledge of AKIDA. I wonder if there is any patent infringement?

Ultra low power, always on, event detection etc. Sounds too familiar. The technical details are above my pay grade.

 

[BigDonger101]

I cannot believe our senior management would just out of the blue raise funds (sell shares) at these low prices. There must be an agenda we are not privy to. Just when the reasoning for this is released, who knows? Tomorrow? AGM....probably not then as it will be too late to supercharge the SP. Whatever it is will just drop out of the blue, as the Intel news was. And VVDN. All I know is that our senior management are smart cookies.

Re the Anastasi interview with Mike Davies, it was as though he was talking of the market leader in Loihi 2. We all know this isn't correct as L2 is still a research chip, so just what is going on. I was thinking Intel may abandon L2 for Akida, which in turn would supply reasoning for the share sales in my first point. So much we don't know and are only speculating on.

I am confused by this because how else does the entity support it's ability to continue with out capital?

They have two options:
1. Continue using LDA for a capital source with no need to ask the wider public.
2. Raise capital to the wider public maybe through an SPP or normal capital raise.

It doesn't really matter which one they do, but LDA is expecting to make money.... So it's not all that bad.

 

[BaconLover]

Quite possibly this has been shared already, but I see this particular video was uploaded 8 hours ago, so some may have not watched it.

Worth a watch for the ''Hey ........... '' part around 8:30 min where the lady says they're using AI tech, and ONLY responds to user's voice and imposters will be recognised etc.

Akida or not, some exciting times ahead.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

Hi Hoppy.. I think Akida2.0 as I understand it is gearing towards being optimized for LSTM and transformers as there has been a lot of talk about this recently and as I said all Akida versions will all have their own use cases!
as to your comment "Akida 1 will be capable of activity that Akida 2 is not?" Hard to comment on this until the Grand Reveal, maybe @Diogenese can HELP! but I think they are geared for specific applications and manufactures can choose which one best suits their products.

Peter is a very modest man and a great guy to chat to and correct he doesn't drink alcohol he is happy with his sparkling water.
We met in Perth at a few get togethers arranged by @Earlyrelease & TD and have also had the pleasure of meeting Ken & Pia also great people to chat with.

Cheers

Great that you Guy's and Gal's get together on a regular basis and have the opportunity to have informal time with the Perth based crew.
Thanks for the response BienSuerte and Good Luck to us all.

 

[hotty4040]

When you see a post and you nod your agreeing with what it says but your scratching your head at the same time

Agree entirely equanimous, and i've no idea why ! Just another head scratching moment for me, unfortunately, but, I'm assuming this is another Ballista indication of the momentous future of this ground breaking tech, yet to be revealed asap in it's entirety, eventually, moving forward.

Let's hope there is a smidgeon ( at least ) of what's in store in the future with this next 4C offering.

I'm still excited about our future, can't help myself, because all of the insights we've been experiencing over the last many years, ( much head scratching along the way ) should/must amount to something that will bring a huge smile to my face.

Would be nice to hear from FF sometime soon, hope all's well with him and family.

Thanks to all contributors for there great insights, and knowledge boost for my consumption and everyone on these threads. Just amazing reading. Please continue, it's just awesome.

Akida Ballista >>>>>> The 4C will offer something/anything that will please us, surely ? <<<<<<

hotty...

 

[Diogenese]

I cannot believe our senior management would just out of the blue raise funds (sell shares) at these low prices. There must be an agenda we are not privy to. Just when the reasoning for this is released, who knows? Tomorrow? AGM....probably not then as it will be too late to supercharge the SP. Whatever it is will just drop out of the blue, as the Intel news was. And VVDN. All I know is that our senior management are smart cookies.

Re the Anastasi interview with Mike Davies, it was as though he was talking of the market leader in Loihi 2. We all know this isn't correct as L2 is still a research chip, so just what is going on. I was thinking Intel may abandon L2 for Akida, which in turn would supply reasoning for the share sales in my first point. So much we don't know and are only speculating on.

Very much looking forward to the Grand Reveal of the next Gen Akida! hopefully very soon!!

I have met and chatted with Peter on a few occasions now, and when we last spoke a few months ago he made the point that Akida1.0 will not be obsolete when Akida 2.0 (Or it's new name?) comes to the market because they all have their own unique functions so they will always have their own place within different applications, thought I would share that so people didn't think that the next Gen Akida's will be superseding previous versions! (They won't be!)

Have a great day whatever you do Cheers

We have been told what the rise is for:

https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/a...access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4

i. "tape out another chip"
ii. "release significant enhancements to our IP offering"
iii. "hiring personnel in key international markets"
iv. "increase our domestic sales and marketing headcount"

The choice of words for item (ii) is interesting, in particular "release" rather than "develop". To me, this suggests that the enhancements are well in hand.

We all know what Akida 1 can do. One of its capabilities is key-word spotting, as used in EQXX.

With the proviso that I don't know how transformers work (apologies to Ella):

LSTM is useful for processing sequences of data in context, be it speech, video, ... . One suggested use was in the prediction of the trajectory of moving objects, eg, in ADAS/AV. But it can only handle relatively short sequences of data because its memory is comparatively "short".

Transformers can handle longer sequences of data and "understand" or interpret the context, and can be used in translation and text prediction. Apparently it does this by extracting the "essence" of the context (don't ask me - I'm just making this up as I go along), so it can "understand" the context (and syntax - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, subject, object, ...) of longer data sequences, and do this more efficiently that LSTM. For instance, if you use a noun in one sentence, and then use the word "it" in a following sentence, the transformer may infer that "it" is the noun from the earlier sentence - spooky stuff.

On the software side, we've recently been exposed to the prowess of ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). Incorporating that capability in silicon (without the "imaginative" results) will be no mean feat.

So, getting back to the EQXX and its derivatives, key-word spotting is all very well, but the next bit is "understanding" what the driver says after "Hey Mercedes!" ... and every driver may use different syntax to express their requirements. So transformers may be advantageous in this context.


As for key markets, we've recently seen advertisements for marketing personnel in Japan. A couple of industries in Japan include automotive and consumer electronics,

 

[stuart888]

Synsense and Loihi mentioned but didn't hear any references to Akida. But I was multitasking so my attention was not totally focused.

Well @dippY22, it seemed clear to me, he was told not to mention Brainchip or Akida. Same with the presenter, despite all the spiking questions.

Don't you think it highly-odd, that just a couple of weeks ago the following happened?

BrainChip joins Prophesee at The Venetian Hotel as part of a technology showcase highlighting Prophesee’s Metavision platform. BrainChip partners with Prophesee to optimize computer vision AI performance and efficiency to deliver next-generation platforms for OEMs interested in integrating event-based vision systems with high levels of AI performance coupled with ultra-low power technologies.

Management on all sides might be in a quiet period, prior to some sort of reveal.
Just a hunch, with obvious clues presented.

 

[Dhm]

We have been told what the rise is for:

https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/a...access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4

View attachment 27961
i. "tape out another chip"
ii. "release significant enhancements to our IP offering"
iii. "hiring personnel in key international markets"
iv. "increase our domestic sales and marketing headcount"

The choice of words for item (ii) is interesting, in particular "release" rather than "develop". To me, this suggests that the enhancements are well in hand.

We all know what Akida 1 can do. One of its capabilities is key-word spotting, as used in EQXX.

With the proviso that I don't know how transformers work:

LSTM is useful for processing sequences of data in context, be it speech, video, ... . One suggested use was in the prediction of the trajectory of moving objects, eg, in ADAS/AV. But it can only handle relatively short sequences of data because its memory is comparatively "short".

Transformers can handle longer sequences of data and "understand" or interpret the context, and can be used in translation and text prediction. Apparently it does this by extracting the "essence" of the context (don't ask me - I'm just making this up as I go along), so it can "understand" the context (and syntax - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, subject, object, ...) of longer data sequences, and do this more efficiently that LSTM. For instance, if you use a noun in one sentence, and then use the word "it" in a following sentence, the transformed may infer that "it" is the noun from the earlier sentence - spooky stuff.

On the software side, we've recently been exposed to the prowess of ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). Incorporating that capability in silicon (without the "imaginative" results) will be no mean feat.

So, getting back to the EQXX and its derivatives, key-word spotting is all very well, but the next bit is "understanding" what the driver says after "Hey Mercedes!" ... and every driver may use different syntax to express their requirements. So transformers may be advantageous in this context.


As for key markets, we've recently seen advertisements for marketing personnel in Japan. A couple of industries in Japan include automotive and consumer electronics,

Thank you super hero @Diogenese I must have been asleep at the wheel of life and failed to read that. Whilst our friend below bears no resemblance to you Dio, his dancing actions will be familiar when A2 drops.

 

[buena suerte :-)]

We have been told what the rise is for:

https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/a...access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4

View attachment 27961
i. "tape out another chip"
ii. "release significant enhancements to our IP offering"
iii. "hiring personnel in key international markets"
iv. "increase our domestic sales and marketing headcount"

The choice of words for item (ii) is interesting, in particular "release" rather than "develop". To me, this suggests that the enhancements are well in hand.

We all know what Akida 1 can do. One of its capabilities is key-word spotting, as used in EQXX.

With the proviso that I don't know how transformers work:

LSTM is useful for processing sequences of data in context, be it speech, video, ... . One suggested use was in the prediction of the trajectory of moving objects, eg, in ADAS/AV. But it can only handle relatively short sequences of data because its memory is comparatively "short".

Transformers can handle longer sequences of data and "understand" or interpret the context, and can be used in translation and text prediction. Apparently it does this by extracting the "essence" of the context (don't ask me - I'm just making this up as I go along), so it can "understand" the context (and syntax - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, subject, object, ...) of longer data sequences, and do this more efficiently that LSTM. For instance, if you use a noun in one sentence, and then use the word "it" in a following sentence, the transformed may infer that "it" is the noun from the earlier sentence - spooky stuff.

On the software side, we've recently been exposed to the prowess of ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). Incorporating that capability in silicon (without the "imaginative" results) will be no mean feat.

So, getting back to the EQXX and its derivatives, key-word spotting is all very well, but the next bit is "understanding" what the driver says after "Hey Mercedes!" ... and every driver may use different syntax to express their requirements. So transformers may be advantageous in this context.


As for key markets, we've recently seen advertisements for marketing personnel in Japan. A couple of industries in Japan include automotive and consumer electronics,

Dio Saves the day again! Thanks for your very knowledgeable and comprehensive responses to many of us here! Cheers Dio

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

Just playing " Devils Advocate " ........... what if the money raised via LDA is partially used towards a Co acquisition or maybe a new start up Co .... who or what could it be ??? !!!

 

[Dozzaman1977]

Just out of a matter of interest, could one of our posters ask the ChatGPT the following question and post the results.

"As of January the 26th 2023, how many IP licence deals has Brainchip sold to customers"

I know the answer will not be reliable or accurate, Im just curious what will come up. You would hope Renesas and Megachips (the known knowns)

Thanks in advance