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"Phoar! I reckon this is pretty interesting. NTT communications and Qualcomm are collaborating to deliver 5G-ready devices equipped to support Industry 4.0 applications and the integration of technologies at the edge across industries from manufacturing to transportation and smart cities.
And NTT Communications and Cisco are also working in collaboration with eachother on wireless technologies. Now, remember that unauthorised statement that appeared on Teksun's website about Brainchip which revealed that Cisco and Toshiba were BrainChip's customers and which was quickly removed?
The plot thickens...
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NTT 'Edges' Closer With Qualcomm
Adrian Bridgwater
Sep 25, 2023,06:33pm EDT
Computing moves. We started off in the punchcard-driven rooms of the early mainframe era at the back end of the 1950s and then pushed towards the mini-computer (like a mainframe, but a bit smaller) era before we progressed forward again into the time of the 'personal' computer, a device that still quite closely resembles the modern machines we are used to today.
For a while, throughout the 1980s and as we approached the still much-loved Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, computing stayed comparatively still. Then things started to move again, the Internet went from the static pages of the early web to embrace D-HTML (the D standing for dynamic, if it were not obvious) and then the cloud came along and we started to think about how we could produce smaller mobile machines from smartphones to nanotechnology devices - and then ultimately, we started to build the miniaturized sensors, accelerometers and other paraphernalia that now populates the Internet of Things (IoT) out on the computing edge.
No more potted history of tech is needed; we now exist in a time and space where compute happens out on the edge and so we need to be able to create smarter devices for this arena.
What is device smartness?
In the realm of edge computing, device smartness doesn't just mean the application of Artificial Intelligence (although it does mean that too), it also means enabling these typically smaller machines with the ability to perform processing functions when offline and disconnected, it also means preparing them for the 5G revolution (and the one that will inevitably follow after that) and it means building them in a way that makes them precision-engineered to industry-specific use cases.
Cloud infrastructure services conglomerate NTT and application-specific semiconductor and 5G chipset specialist Qualcomm appear to have been following the progression that the IT industry has been on as contextualized thus far. The firms are now working to jointly innovate and invest in the future of 5 G-enabled devices.
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Industry 4.0 + 5G ecosystem
But why are these two big firms working in unison right now? Much of the rationale must come down to the way we are working to create so-called Industry 4.0 applications i.e. ones that come after the third industrial revolution with its 'basic' IT-enablement and deliver us into the fourth revolutionary cycle where we also get to use AI. But AI as in what, chatbots? Not in the first instance (although we might interact with IoT machines that use chat robot chat interfaces at some level further down the line), this is about the application of AI to enable smarter processing capabilities at the edge. It's about knowing which data to prioritize on, what order to sequence processing, what weight to ascribe to different data flows and what device data might be erroneous, duplicated or otherwise likely to make it less important than the mission-critical stuff.
“This collaboration is truly an exciting one because we are answering the demand we’re hearing from our clients. Together with Qualcomm, we will strengthen the 5G ecosystem delivering the devices our customers require in a simple and cost-effective way, empowering them as they continue along their digital transformation journey,” said Shahid Ahmed, EVP for the new ventures & innovation team at NTT. “By working with Qualcomm, we will further accelerate demand for private 5G across global industries.”
This co-innovation is hoped to deliver 5G-ready devices equipped to support Industry 4.0 applications and the integration of technologies at the edge across industries from manufacturing to transportation and smart cities. NTT and stopped at listing ‘just’ those three zones or industries, but we can see these devices now being applicable to everything from healthcare to oil & gas to agriculture and so on.
Device-as-a-Service
NTT is also using the news of its expanded partnership with Qualcomm to make note of its Device-as-a-Service offering, a software services product designed to help enterprises use 'devices' - which they may not own in physical terms, but are able to login to and draw information from in the OpEx-not-CapEx services style format that we associate with cloud computing - to investigate new avenues of innovation, to boost IT maintenance productivity and to reduce costs. This is part of NTT’s hyphen-enriched end-to-end Edge-as-a-Service offering, the company is now offering Device-as-a-Service, in order to make it easy for customers to access, upgrade and recycle 5G and edge devices and simplify device lifecycle management.
An early entrant into the private 5G space (as defined by Cisco, a private 5G network as a service is an alternative to buying, building and managing a private mobile network) some two years ago, NTT says it is building an ecosystem with partners like Celona, Cisco, Microsoft and VMware.
What this manifests itself as in terms of a computing reality is customers now being able to sign up for Edge-as-a-Service (which in this case will include capabilities spanning private 5G, edge and IoT), all of which is hoped to help organizations now embrace what is being called Sustainability-as-a-Service practices i.e. becoming more eco-adept due to the use of services-based cloud for all manner of software (and now also hardware) based requirements.
Analyst house IDC estimates that enterprise adoption of private 5G as a market, will exceed $8 billion by 2026. With enterprises accelerating digitization, more connectivity and more devices are needed. NTT and Qualcomm say they will use their combined expertize to meet the need for 5G-enabled devices that support use cases, such as push-to-talk devices, augmented reality headsets, computer vision cameras and sensors at the edge across the manufacturing, automotive, logistics and other industries.
“The proliferation of 5G-enabled devices is a critical component of shaping a more digital and sustainable future. It forms the backbone of many tech advancements that can improve efficiency and sustainability through efficient resource management and energy conservation, which and are pivotal for innovation across various industries,” said Mark Bidinger, president, commercial & industrial segments & channels at Schneider Electric.
AI needs to get hybrid
NTT's Ahmed says that for AI to scale and make an impact on enterprise operations and organizations’ bottom line, AI processing needs to happen in a hybrid form i.e. both in the cloud datacenter and at the edge of the network, on those small smart devices. The silicon that Qualcomm develops includes built-in AI and machine learning models for AI capabilities at the edge. Qualcomm has previously created technologies capable of scaling AI technology across a range of devices and applications including smartphones, laptops, sensors, automotive solutions and networking.
“Qualcomm Technologies’ 5G chipsets are prepared for the widespread adoption of AI applications at the edge and, together with NTT, we’ll enhance innovative change across the 5G device ecosystem.” said Atul Suri, ice resident, strategy & analysis, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm and NTT will now work together to deliver 5G-ready devices with AI models built in to enhance AI at the edge through various applications. Industry 4.0 involves industry leaders seeking technological innovation that will enable them to shift focus from traditional business concepts to circular models, reconfiguring their offerings to meet customer demand for years to come.
Data visibility, control & security
What a lot of this whole discussion comes down to here are three major factors: data visibility, control & security. NTT and Qualcomm say that they will prioritize the need to provide a broad overlay of 5G connectivity across all manufacturing sites globally. The companies also say that they are striving to achieve operational excellence through better data control. Once deployed, NTT's private 5G network (often now capitalized to Private 5G to denote its platform-level technology status) will provide user sites with connectivity across an organization's global footprint.
The emergence and current development of technologies in this space are (arguably) so new, so subject to rapid change and reinvention and so utterly still nascent in every aspect that it is hard to make long-term (or even medium-term) projections on where we will be in this space in the next five years. Safe and suffice to say that we will all be getting used to an increasing amount of ever-smarter devices and the services they deliver to us, even if some of those benefits are so abstracted in 'cool app functions' that we never truly understand what is happening beneath.
NTT 'Edges' Closer With Qualcomm
In edge computing, device smartness doesn't just mean AI, it also means enabling machines with the ability to process when offline & being ready for the 5G revolution.www.forbes.com
"Now, remember that unauthorised statement that appeared on Teksun's website about Brainchip which revealed that Cisco and Toshiba were BrainChip's customers and which was quickly removed? "
Obviously subject to NDA's so removed. Cisco and Toshhiba and others would obviously test AKIDA - no brainer!!!.Hence the reason for producing AKIDA 1 and then 1500 and Gen 2 as a result of customer/potential customer feedback.
A lot of posters bagged the hell out of AKIDA 1as a failure but it was really just the 1st stepping stone on the journey.
You gotta either laugh or cry. The alternative is the ignore function.
I am not at all concerned with the SP (except to pick up a few cheapies). Its taking the right path that matters - and that path does not lead to the Cloud.
A lot of non holds love throwing up competition endlessly with links. But the fools do not realise (or know but try to scare holders) they go through the cloud and therefore not worth a pinch of the stinky stuff.
..... and then there is the power savings by being event based and no security/privacy issues.
Some prospective on all the different stages that have gone into getting AKD II to this point (well almost) shall we say.
All the Brainchip teams worldwide are working hard to bring our second child to market, Wed-Fri or first two weeks of October, makes
absolutely no difference to me personally, what would fire me up would be a dual announcement...AKD II plus an IP License deal or two !!
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- Initial design (research stage), testing of the research design in simulator with existing networks, etc.
- Capability document – what Akida II can do
- Market requirements document (MRD)
- Internal discussion about capabilities and market requirements
- Product requirements document (PRD)
- Engineering (RTL development)
- Layout of the chip, critical path analysis
- Mask production
- Engineering samples
- Testing of engineering samples
- Production
All the Brainchip teams worldwide are working hard to bring our second child to market, Wed-Fri or first two weeks of October, makes
absolutely no difference to me personally, what would fire me up would be a dual announcement...AKD II plus an IP License deal or two !!
Love Brainchip....Tech
Rise from the ashes
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Congratulations VictoriaNot a bad day for Brainchip and also Victoria
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OktoberfestIn Germany at 8:45 a.m. this morning. WHY???
Volume: almost 183,000 which is a lot for Germany.
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If one of the big boys look what we offer
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Amazon Takes a Big Stake in the A.I. Start-Up Anthropic (Published 2023)
With its investment of up to $4 billion, Amazon is seeking a bigger footprint in A.I. development, one already established by rivals like Microsoft and Google.
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Everybodies dream captain obviousSome prospective on all the different stages that have gone into getting AKD II to this point (well almost) shall we say.
- Initial design (research stage), testing of the research design in simulator with existing networks, etc.
- Capability document – what Akida II can do
- Market requirements document (MRD)
- Internal discussion about capabilities and market requirements
- Product requirements document (PRD)
- Engineering (RTL development)
- Layout of the chip, critical path analysis
- Mask production
- Engineering samples
- Testing of engineering samples
- Production
All the Brainchip teams worldwide are working hard to bring our second child to market, Wed-Fri or first two weeks of October, makes
absolutely no difference to me personally, what would fire me up would be a dual announcement...AKD II plus an IP License deal or two !!
Love Brainchip....Tech
Justchilln
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Have you heard that they have tapped out the 2.0 hardware already?Some prospective on all the different stages that have gone into getting AKD II to this point (well almost) shall we say.
- Initial design (research stage), testing of the research design in simulator with existing networks, etc.
- Capability document – what Akida II can do
- Market requirements document (MRD)
- Internal discussion about capabilities and market requirements
- Product requirements document (PRD)
- Engineering (RTL development)
- Layout of the chip, critical path analysis
- Mask production
- Engineering samples
- Testing of engineering samples
- Production
All the Brainchip teams worldwide are working hard to bring our second child to market, Wed-Fri or first two weeks of October, makes
absolutely no difference to me personally, what would fire me up would be a dual announcement...AKD II plus an IP License deal or two !!
Love Brainchip....Tech
The engineering samples have been received by the company, have they been signed off by our key staff for general release, I guess
that's what we are all waiting confirmation of....next 3 days (maybe) first 2 weeks of October (maybe).
My focus is like most educated shareholders on this site, we wish to see IP Licenses signed off on ! then products will eventually follow, though
not guaranteed, check out below, 3 years in, and they decided to throw in the towel, so even if a company signs an IP License agreement with us,
well that doesn't necessarily automatically mean a product or products will even reach the market, meaning, no royalty stream/s for us, many on this site haven't really come to grips as to how the tech industry really operates, the rewards can be huge, but so can the disappointments.
My confidence levels are high, but that reflects my personality and general positivity towards life in general, your being may be completely
the opposite, which I respect, I just continue to move forward with my life...God bless...Tech.
Bosch exits LiDAR R&D and turns to mmWave sensors
Fastback6666
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They can see the selling supply is drying up now, gotta buy the big chunks while they are still super cheap.I know, lets not get excited re the fact that some decent trades were just executed:
Including this one
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The Second gen is due this week.
The SP is closer to the bottom than the top IMHO
Im looking forward to the end of September
wilzy123
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It's imminent/coming... the forum infestation™ love a bit of balance... can't always post the bin.
Justchilln
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Hoping you are correct, I knew the company had received AKD 1500 engineering samples hadn’t heard about the 2.0 hardware yet that would be great news…..
Would love for the elusive large communication’s company so close at the same time….
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buena suerte :-)
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