@TECH ...........Sorry if ive missed this, but, is Sean definately travelling to Seoul? Or was that tongue in cheek?Welcome to Seoul Sean....great that you travelled to meet with us in person, our Board prefers to do business face-face...now lets sit down and
discuss the future direction we "could" pursue together, I see that you have brought AKD 2.0 with you, fantastic Sean, the floor is all yours.
Tech thinking positive as always...
I've been following Starkey for a good year. They could definitely benefit from some akida magic, but nothing so far to indicate they are using akida. I've previously messaged one or two of their tech guys on LinkedIn and did not receive a response haha.Apparently Starkey is the Mercedes of the hearing aid world .
Recently winning awards & announcing new products coming to market .
Interesting quote below about enhancements to the DNN
Starkey Unveils Enhancements to Genesis AI Hearing Aids
Sep 1, 2023 | Hearing Aids | 0 |
Starkey announced the addition of new products to its Genesis AI hearing aids, along with new enhancements designed to offer improved benefits to patients and hearing healthcare professionals.
The Genesi AI—which includes a suite of enhanced technological capabilities—features enhanced processor technology, a long-lasting rechargeable battery in a RIC (51 hours from a single charge), a small rechargeable RIC with sensor, improved dynamic range, and more.
New Products Unveiled
Starkey is introducing a new, small 2.4 GHz CIC, now powered by the Starkey Neuro Processor and loaded with the company’s Neuro Sound Technology. Plus, Genesis AI’s all-new ergonomically designed standard case meets the battery flexibility providers and patients desire with the introduction of the Genesis AI RIC 312, according to the company. Both the wireless CIC and the RIC 312 boast 25% more battery life than previous technology.
“At Starkey, we are continuing to push the edge of what is possible,” says Brandon Sawalich, president and CEO of Starkey. “Thanks to unprecedented sound quality in noise and in quiet, more first-fit success and satisfaction, and a patient experience that goes far beyond better hearing, Genesis AI is the hearing technology the industry and its patients deserve.”
Further reading: Starkey Executive Recognized by Women in STEM Honor
With the launch of Genesis AI, Starkey revealed the all-new Neuro Processor. Packed with six times the transistors and four times the speed, it was created to mimic the function of the central auditory system through an all-new compression system and an on-chip Deep Neural Network (DNN) accelerator. Edge Mode+, Starkey’s second generation intelligent, on-demand feature just got even better with enhancements to the DNN algorithm. It is now trained on a more diverse database of sounds to ensure patients can hear better anywhere they go, the company says.
Additional enhancements to Genesis AI include both professional and patient updates including Offline Mode, improved 2-Way Audio, Feedback Canceller updates, and firmware update notifications through the My Starkey app.
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Pardon me but you seem to be ignoring the following facts:Right, Valeo does a lot of work with neuromorphic technology and they don't make a secret out of it.
Valeo was a prominent part of the Tempo project (2018-January 2023). Base of the project was SynSense technology. Out of this project a consortium derived, where Valeo and Philips take the part of working on applications. In the meantime also GrAIMatterLabs joined the consortium. This all shows Brainchip isn't in any way an exclusive partner of Valeo, other activities seem to be much more prominent.
My conclusion is, maybe we will see neuromorphic technology in Scala 4, but there is no guarantee it will be Brainchip.
Don't get me wrong, I really hope any mass product with Akida IP will enter the market soon. but as this is my biggest investment, I need to take a full realistic view, dot joining and hope aren't the right instruments for myself.
In the meantime after a couple of complicated years with delays in the chip industry and general problems of industries I see a real market entrance of Brainchip in 2025/26.
I'm happy when I'm wrong but that's my view of today.
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Yes Sean is presenting the AKD 2 .0 platform. Nandan was going to represent the company at the TinyML forum but Sean our CEO suddenly got the gig..visiting Australia on the way was a smart move in my opinion..but we do have known links with South Korea so something or nothing may be cooking.
So we have different views and different arguments. Shouldn't be a problem, that's what a forum is made for.
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We do agree on one point and that is that there is nothing factually incorrect about your last sentence.While we may have every reason to believe that Akida is the superior technology, we should not resort to making factually incorrect statements about Brainchip’s competitors:
True, automotive takes a long time, but no, they are not starting to explore only now - they announced their partnership in mid-April 2022, so that was more than 1.5 years ago.
Also, the announcement about the SynSense-BMW partnership was primarily about smart cockpits and not about LiDAR only. That’s why I compared it to MB (‘Hey, Mercedes!’) and not to Valeo.
While the article I quoted (which I had picked as one of the most recent ones I could find about SynSense + BMW) does indeed literally say “to explore the integration of their brain-like chips into smart cockpits”, I have since double-checked the news around the original press release (which strangely I cannot find anywhere) that consistently quote the partnership announcement being about advancing the integration of neuromorphic chips into smart cockpits and exploring related fields with BMW. (See for example Sally Ward-Foxton referring to the partnership in her “Cars That Think Like You” EETimes article)
That’s also the wording I recall. So it sounds as if they had in fact already collaborated quite a bit regarding smart cockpits before announcing their partnership, similar to Valeo and Brainchip having been involved months before announcing their partnership.
Also not true.
“SynSense focuses on the commercialization of neuromorphic intelligence, based on 20+ years of world-leading experience of University of Zürich and ETH Zürich. Centering on edge computing applications, SynSense provides ultra-low power consumption, ultra-low latency inference ASICs and IP blocks, as well as full-stack application development services, and is globally the only neuromorphic technology company that involves both sensing and computing.”
About Us | SynSense
SynSense focuses on neuromorphic intelligence and takes the lead in commercialization of neuromorphic chips; SynSense provides application solutions and services.
Again, factually incorrect: You are comparing apples and oranges. Your juxtaposition probably refers to some other SynSense chip, but definitely not to the DYNAP-CNN (which is the one involved in the partnership with Prophesee), which according to their website has up to 1 million neurons. No mention of synapses, I am afraid. But up to 1000 x more neurons than you claimed!
DYNAP™-CNN: Neuromorphic Processor With 1M Spiking eurons
DYNAP™-CNN is world's first fully scalable, event-driven neuromorphic processor with 1M configurable spiking neurons and direct interface with external DVS.
“DYNAP™-CNN, a fully scalable, event-driven neuromorphic processor, redefines sensory processing. With up to 1M configurable spiking neurons and a direct interface with external DVS, this technology is ideal for ultra-low power, ultra-low latency event-driven applications.”
It is not my intention to spruik a competitor’s product here, but when making statements about competitors or their products, we - me included, of course - should stick to the facts and possibly fact-check before posting.
And also accept the reality that Brainchip will never have 100 % of the market share.
On a more positive note: BMW having partnered with SynSense in 2022 does not automatically exclude BMW also exploring things with Brainchip, if you ask me. Right now (behind an NDA) or in the future.
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If this is really all you can agree on (oh, and splitting hairs, it was technically not my last, but my penultimate sentence
), I’d recommend you get yourself a new pair of reading glasses… 
An addition:While we may have every reason to believe that Akida is the superior technology, we should not resort to making factually incorrect statements about Brainchip’s competitors:
True, automotive takes a long time, but no, they are not starting to explore only now - they announced their partnership in mid-April 2022, so that was more than 1.5 years ago.
Also, the announcement about the SynSense-BMW partnership was primarily about smart cockpits and not about LiDAR only. That’s why I compared it to MB (‘Hey, Mercedes!’) and not to Valeo.
While the article I quoted (which I had picked as one of the most recent ones I could find about SynSense + BMW) does indeed literally say “to explore the integration of their brain-like chips into smart cockpits”, I have since double-checked the news around the original press release (which strangely I cannot find anywhere) that consistently quote the partnership announcement being about advancing the integration of neuromorphic chips into smart cockpits and exploring related fields with BMW. (See for example Sally Ward-Foxton referring to the partnership in her “Cars That Think Like You” EETimes article)
That’s also the wording I recall. So it sounds as if they had in fact already collaborated quite a bit regarding smart cockpits before announcing their partnership, similar to Valeo and Brainchip having been involved months before announcing their partnership.
Also not true.
“SynSense focuses on the commercialization of neuromorphic intelligence, based on 20+ years of world-leading experience of University of Zürich and ETH Zürich. Centering on edge computing applications, SynSense provides ultra-low power consumption, ultra-low latency inference ASICs and IP blocks, as well as full-stack application development services, and is globally the only neuromorphic technology company that involves both sensing and computing.”
About Us | SynSense
SynSense focuses on neuromorphic intelligence and takes the lead in commercialization of neuromorphic chips; SynSense provides application solutions and services.
Again, factually incorrect: You are comparing apples and oranges. Your juxtaposition probably refers to some other SynSense chip, but definitely not to the DYNAP-CNN (which is the one involved in the partnership with Prophesee), which according to their website has up to 1 million neurons. No mention of synapses, I am afraid. But up to 1000 x more neurons than you claimed!
DYNAP™-CNN: Neuromorphic Processor With 1M Spiking eurons
DYNAP™-CNN is world's first fully scalable, event-driven neuromorphic processor with 1M configurable spiking neurons and direct interface with external DVS.
“DYNAP™-CNN, a fully scalable, event-driven neuromorphic processor, redefines sensory processing. With up to 1M configurable spiking neurons and a direct interface with external DVS, this technology is ideal for ultra-low power, ultra-low latency event-driven applications.”
It is not my intention to spruik a competitor’s product here, but when making statements about competitors or their products, we - me included, of course - should stick to the facts and possibly fact-check before posting.
And also accept the reality that Brainchip will never have 100 % of the market share.
On a more positive note: BMW having partnered with SynSense in 2022 does not automatically exclude BMW also exploring things with Brainchip, if you ask me. Right now (behind an NDA) or in the future.
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SAMSUNG!!!!Yes Sean is presenting the AKD 2 .0 platform. Nandan was going to represent the company at the TinyML forum but Sean our CEO suddenly got the gig..visiting Australia on the way was a smart move in my opinion..but we do have known links with South Korea so something or nothing may be cooking.
Doigeeknees Sitter I for one appreciate your, at times, layman posts.
