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Slymeat

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Or spell it like AkIda to highlight the AI ?
Have to use the right font though so the I looks like an i and lot like an L.

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But interestingly, in their trademark they've gone with all lower case except for the K.

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Yeah I also knew about the origin of the brand name Akida.

It's a pity though, because Akaida fits so well, without the literal meaning that is.

I believe Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net is already taken.



Note: Coke is a grey, hard, and porous fuel with a high carbon content and few impurities, made by heating coal or oil in the absence of air. Coke is dirty and smelly, and I assume not very tasty, Yet CocaCola are happy for people to use that. The even invented New-Coke. And remember the origins of the name CocaCola.

I know Brainchip went with the literal meaning for a reason, but not all brands need literal meanings.

BTW - my original post, as with this oen, was tongue-in-cheek as I keep speelling Akida incorrectly! So much so, that my computer now auto-corrects it to Akaida.

Drinking both forms of coke is not good for your health. At least they have that in common.😎🍻
 
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As at late 2021 the following were the notable investors in SiFive. Some fat dots to chase down here:

Investors​

Berkeley SkyDeck Fund​

SiFive

Chengwei Capital​

Sila Nanotechnologies, SiFive

Huami​

SiFive

Intel Capital​

One97, DocuSign, Joby Aviation, MongoDB, SambaNova Systems, Sprinklr, Synthego, SiFive, SecurityScorecard, Kabam

Osage University Partners​

SiFive, Menlo Security, Corelight

Prosperity7 Ventures​

SiFive, Taulia

Qualcomm Ventures​

Cruise, Magic Leap, Xiaomi, Noom, Cohesity, Welltok, Pensando, Fitbit, Lookout, Innovium

Samsung Ventures​

Swiggy, RentoMojo, Noom, Plume Design, Niantic, SiFive, DriveNets, Pivot3, Yellowbrick Data, StoreDot

SK hynix​

SiFive

SK Telecom​

SiFive

Spark Capital​

Slack, Affirm, MessageBird, Discord, Rapyd, Cybereason, Plaid, Plume Design, Niantic, Marqeta

Sutter Hill Ventures​

Pure Storage, Sila Nanotechnologies, SiFive, Sumo Logic, Demandbase, C3 IoT, Menlo Security, Glassdoor, Clumio, Yext

Western Digital Capital​

SiFive
 
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As at late 2021 the following were the notable investors in SiFive. Some fat dots to chase down here:

Investors​

Berkeley SkyDeck Fund​

SiFive

Chengwei Capital​

Sila Nanotechnologies, SiFive

Huami​

SiFive

Intel Capital​

One97, DocuSign, Joby Aviation, MongoDB, SambaNova Systems, Sprinklr, Synthego, SiFive, SecurityScorecard, Kabam

Osage University Partners​

SiFive, Menlo Security, Corelight

Prosperity7 Ventures​

SiFive, Taulia

Qualcomm Ventures​

Cruise, Magic Leap, Xiaomi, Noom, Cohesity, Welltok, Pensando, Fitbit, Lookout, Innovium

Samsung Ventures​

Swiggy, RentoMojo, Noom, Plume Design, Niantic, SiFive, DriveNets, Pivot3, Yellowbrick Data, StoreDot

SK hynix​

SiFive

SK Telecom​

SiFive

Spark Capital​

Slack, Affirm, MessageBird, Discord, Rapyd, Cybereason, Plaid, Plume Design, Niantic, Marqeta

Sutter Hill Ventures​

Pure Storage, Sila Nanotechnologies, SiFive, Sumo Logic, Demandbase, C3 IoT, Menlo Security, Glassdoor, Clumio, Yext

Western Digital Capital​

SiFive
A list of press releases of SiFive over the last few years with links. A very interesting company indeed. The links to Qualcomm that FU Bacon used make get a bit more traction.
My opinion only DYOR
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AKIDA BALLISTA

Press​

Renesas and SiFive Partner to Jointly-Develop Next-Generation High-End RISC-V Solutions for Automotive Applications
BusinessWire - Apr, 21 2021
DARPA adds RISC-V to its Toolbox: Defense researchers can get special access to SiFive chip designs
theregister - Apr, 7 2021
SiFive collaborates with new Intel Foundry Services to enable innovative new RISC-V computing platforms
Design & Reuse - Mar, 25 2021
SiFive and ArchiTek Enable Secure, Private, Flexible Edge AI Computing With AiOnIc Processor
aithority - Mar, 19 2021
SiFive’s new PC is bringing open-source computing closer to reality
TechCrunch - Oct, 30 2020
SiFive unveils plan for Linux PCs with RISC-V processors
ow - Oct, 29 2020
SiFive Appoints CEO from Qualcomm Automotive Business
eetimes - Sep, 17 2020
Commercial RISC-V Processor Company SiFive Closes $61 Million
pulse2 - Aug, 14 2020
Shubham “Sam” Maheshwari joins SiFive as Chief Financial Officer
IndustryNews - Apr, 6 2020
SiFive Accelerates Chip Design with Cloud Tools
HPC - Mar, 25 2020
SiFive Selects Synopsys Fusion Design Platform and Verification Continuum Platform to Enable Rapid SoC Design
PR Newswire - Mar, 25 2020
Chris Lattner Is Joining SiFive As SVP Of Platform Engineering
dlvr - Feb, 11 2020
SiFive And CEVA Collaborating To Bring Machine Learning Processors To Mainstream Markets
pulse2 - Jan, 14 2020
Qualcomm backs open source chip design outfit targeting Internet of Things market
sandiegouniontribune - Jun, 28 2019
SiFive CEO Says RISC-V Servers are 'Five Years Away'
datacenterknowledge - Jun, 24 2019
SiFive Enhances Silicon Hills Operations with Office in Austin, Texas
prnewswire - Jun, 18 2019
SiFive Expands into Silicon Forest With new Development Office in Beaverton, Oregon
prnewswire - May, 1 2019
SiFive Launches the World's Smallest Commercial 64-bit Embedded Core
prnewswire - Apr, 10 2019
SiFive gets $50.6M to help companies get their custom chip designs out the door
TechCrunch - Apr, 2 2018
 
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As at late 2021 the following were the notable investors in SiFive. Some fat dots to chase down here:

Investors​

Berkeley SkyDeck Fund​

SiFive

Chengwei Capital​

Sila Nanotechnologies, SiFive

Huami​

SiFive

Intel Capital​

One97, DocuSign, Joby Aviation, MongoDB, SambaNova Systems, Sprinklr, Synthego, SiFive, SecurityScorecard, Kabam

Osage University Partners​

SiFive, Menlo Security, Corelight

Prosperity7 Ventures​

SiFive, Taulia

Qualcomm Ventures​

Cruise, Magic Leap, Xiaomi, Noom, Cohesity, Welltok, Pensando, Fitbit, Lookout, Innovium

Samsung Ventures​

Swiggy, RentoMojo, Noom, Plume Design, Niantic, SiFive, DriveNets, Pivot3, Yellowbrick Data, StoreDot

SK hynix​

SiFive

SK Telecom​

SiFive

Spark Capital​

Slack, Affirm, MessageBird, Discord, Rapyd, Cybereason, Plaid, Plume Design, Niantic, Marqeta

Sutter Hill Ventures​

Pure Storage, Sila Nanotechnologies, SiFive, Sumo Logic, Demandbase, C3 IoT, Menlo Security, Glassdoor, Clumio, Yext

Western Digital Capital​

SiFive
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/hynix-mulling-bid-arm-2022-04/
Good one Factfinder,i read this the other day, it looks like Hynix, and Intel maybe collaborating in purchasing ARM
 
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Mn2019

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A list of press releases of SiFive over the last few years with links. A very interesting company indeed. The links to Qualcomm that FU Bacon used make get a bit more traction.
My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

Press​

Renesas and SiFive Partner to Jointly-Develop Next-Generation High-End RISC-V Solutions for Automotive Applications
BusinessWire - Apr, 21 2021
DARPA adds RISC-V to its Toolbox: Defense researchers can get special access to SiFive chip designs
theregister - Apr, 7 2021
SiFive collaborates with new Intel Foundry Services to enable innovative new RISC-V computing platforms
Design & Reuse - Mar, 25 2021
SiFive and ArchiTek Enable Secure, Private, Flexible Edge AI Computing With AiOnIc Processor
aithority - Mar, 19 2021
SiFive’s new PC is bringing open-source computing closer to reality
TechCrunch - Oct, 30 2020
SiFive unveils plan for Linux PCs with RISC-V processors
ow - Oct, 29 2020
SiFive Appoints CEO from Qualcomm Automotive Business
eetimes - Sep, 17 2020
Commercial RISC-V Processor Company SiFive Closes $61 Million
pulse2 - Aug, 14 2020
Shubham “Sam” Maheshwari joins SiFive as Chief Financial Officer
IndustryNews - Apr, 6 2020
SiFive Accelerates Chip Design with Cloud Tools
HPC - Mar, 25 2020
SiFive Selects Synopsys Fusion Design Platform and Verification Continuum Platform to Enable Rapid SoC Design
PR Newswire - Mar, 25 2020
Chris Lattner Is Joining SiFive As SVP Of Platform Engineering
dlvr - Feb, 11 2020
SiFive And CEVA Collaborating To Bring Machine Learning Processors To Mainstream Markets
pulse2 - Jan, 14 2020
Qualcomm backs open source chip design outfit targeting Internet of Things market
sandiegouniontribune - Jun, 28 2019
SiFive CEO Says RISC-V Servers are 'Five Years Away'
datacenterknowledge - Jun, 24 2019
SiFive Enhances Silicon Hills Operations with Office in Austin, Texas
prnewswire - Jun, 18 2019
SiFive Expands into Silicon Forest With new Development Office in Beaverton, Oregon
prnewswire - May, 1 2019
SiFive Launches the World's Smallest Commercial 64-bit Embedded Core
prnewswire - Apr, 10 2019
SiFive gets $50.6M to help companies get their custom chip designs out the door
TechCrunch - Apr, 2 2018
It just amazes me constantly how you find all this stuff FF.
 
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White Horse

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Exact point...should be disclosed imo
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Supposedly Einstein,s words.
Wish you guys would stop and listen to yourselves.
I for one, am sick of hearing the whinging.
 
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JK200SX

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Have to use the right font though so the I looks like an i and lot like an L.

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But interestingly, in their trademark they've gone with all lower case except for the K.

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In the Greek Alphabet, the letter Kappa, is printed like an English capital K whether it is upper or lower case, so the way ακίδα is printed is correct.

But seriously, leave the Greeks alone - they're still trying to come to grips with Italy's loss to Macedonia in the World Cup Qualifiers :)
 
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It just amazes me constantly how you find all this stuff FF.
Here is another little piece in video form with a Linus rep doing the SiFive review. While it is about SiFive from probably 2018 note his comments about TSMC and getting a call back and relive the significance of Brainchip getting foundry time before and more importantly after the world wide chip shortage for low volume runs of AKD1000.



My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA
 
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Interesting that Intel tried to buy SiFive for 2B 6 months ago and that SiFive wants to go public. Intel is going to need to make some big acquisitions to shore up its future so i would think they will want another bite of SiFive before an IPO. If they can see how good BRN and SiFive work together with Renasis in autonomous driving and with Risc-V moving into phones and datacentres it may be a case of BRN becoming to irresistable to not swallow.

 
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Bravo

If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Interesting forbes article about the foundry state of play in the U.S and more specifically INTEL. Interestingly Rob Telson is a fan too..........


System on a Package​

Many cloud service providers as well as startups are designing multi-chiplet platforms for workloads such as AI, placing accelerators, CPUs, and I/O dies (possibly from different manufacturing nodes) on a package. “System on a Package” is the new mantra, but there are few companies that have the required technology and available fabrication capacity to make it real. In the old days, Intel saved the underlying technologies such as EMIB for multi-die packages as a differentiator for Intel products. Now Intel is stepping up and making this approach available for all comers. Is Intel becoming Open? Sounds like it to me.

Conclusions​

I’ve been in this industry for over four decades, and I am not exaggerating when I say this is perhaps one of the most impactful strategic announcements I have seen. But it may take years to see it pay off for Intel: will long-time competitors decide to trust Intel for critical services and fab capacity? They may not have much choice. The capacity constraints at TSMC and Samsung for advanced process wafer starts may last years. It takes 3 years to build a new fab, minimum so new capacity is slow to come on-line. But nimble companies will see Intel’s commitment and investment in RISC-V as just the force needed to reach a tipping point, and will quickly get in line for wafer start slots at Intel Foundry Services.

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No wonder Rob Telson liked it! He-he-he!
 
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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Supposedly Einstein,s words.
Wish you guys would stop and listen to yourselves.
I for one, am sick of hearing the whinging.
Not sure how a personal observation / interpretation / opinion of a listing rule is a whinge.

Personally, I like a company to shout its positive wins to the market especially an early stage start up, regardless of MC.
 
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Bravo

If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Noice! Very noice!

🎈 🎊🥂🍾🍻🥳




(Extract)

VentureBeat: Does BrainChip use any of Arm’s IP in its chips? Arm is known for low-power and high performance.

Kang:
BrainChip has discussed Arm IP for their product line. Arm processors have built a reputation for low-power based on comparisons to x86-based products. SiFive Intelligence products compare well to Arm products through offering improved performance-per-area of up to 30% combined with a single ISA for simpler programming, and a modular approach that aligns well to working with hardened AI IP such as developed by BrainChip.

VentureBeat: Can you expand upon this statement: “(Brainchip) mimics the human brain to analyze only essential sensor inputs at the point of acquisition.”

Kang:
This statement refers to the ability of humans to focus on what’s important. For example listening to a conversation in a coffee shop while still registering and acknowledging background sounds. The BrainChip solution will mimic this ability to reduce power and increase efficiency by focusing on the important data being processed. This is similar to, but a step beyond, the adoption of mixed and lower precision data types (INT8 vs FP16) to speed up and improve the efficiency of AI/ML processing.


Published 2 hours ago!

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Here is another little piece in video form with a Linus rep doing the SiFive review. While it is about SiFive from probably 2018 note his comments about TSMC and getting a call back and relive the significance of Brainchip getting foundry time before and more importantly after the world wide chip shortage for low volume runs of AKD1000.



My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

And bringing it right up to date and remember these numbers are US dollars:


My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

PS: SiFive has been a regular winner of most respected private company in USA. It’s IPO if it occurs end of 2022 should be a cracker.
 
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Fox151

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I sent the following email to Tony Dawe this morning. I thought some of you may be interested.

I see some dots being connected that could encourage my suggestion to Sean and yourself, at the recent Strawman webinar, to look into WeebitNano and their ReRam technology.

I noticed a press release about a new partnership with SiFive to deploy AI/ML technology at the edge, somewhat of a marriage of RISC-V with Akida. I was so excited to see this press release last night. It has so much promise.

I also noticed an announcement from WeebitNano this morning announcing the successful testing of their demo ReRAM chips. Of great interest in this announcement is that they used a RISC-V microcontroller to perform this testing.

https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20220406/pdf/457r40p4yd61km.pdf

So Brainchip in partnership with SiFive to work with RISC-V, and ReRAM proven to work with RISC-V. I can see dots lining up. Especially considering WeeBitNano’s ReRAM is now working at 22nm with plans to further reduce. ReRAM does not have the 40nm limitation of flash memory. So it should be able to create solutions on a chip that contain all three technologies.

I am excited for what the future brings through BrainChip.
Maybe with such insights into the future of neuromorphic infrastructure, you could apply for one of their jobs and make those suggestions from the inside?

Maybe it's people like yourself that waste Tony's time and prevent him from drafting meaningful announcements for the ASX, slowing the share price rise and ruining everyone's share value? Just a thought...
 
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Maybe with such insights into the future of neuromorphic infrastructure, you could apply for one of their jobs and make those suggestions from the inside?

Maybe it's people like yourself that waste Tony's time and prevent him from drafting meaningful announcements for the ASX, slowing the share price rise and ruining everyone's share value? Just a thought...
Whoa Foxy. Little bit harsh for this friendly site?
 
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Bravo

If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
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Noice! Very noice!

🎈 🎊🥂🍾🍻🥳




(Extract)

VentureBeat: Does BrainChip use any of Arm’s IP in its chips? Arm is known for low-power and high performance.

Kang:
BrainChip has discussed Arm IP for their product line. Arm processors have built a reputation for low-power based on comparisons to x86-based products. SiFive Intelligence products compare well to Arm products through offering improved performance-per-area of up to 30% combined with a single ISA for simpler programming, and a modular approach that aligns well to working with hardened AI IP such as developed by BrainChip.

VentureBeat: Can you expand upon this statement: “(Brainchip) mimics the human brain to analyze only essential sensor inputs at the point of acquisition.”

Kang:
This statement refers to the ability of humans to focus on what’s important. For example listening to a conversation in a coffee shop while still registering and acknowledging background sounds. The BrainChip solution will mimic this ability to reduce power and increase efficiency by focusing on the important data being processed. This is similar to, but a step beyond, the adoption of mixed and lower precision data types (INT8 vs FP16) to speed up and improve the efficiency of AI/ML processing.


Published 2 hours ago!

🎊

VERY VERY VERY NICE BRAVO

That was such a good read, they mention at the bottom - Availability of the new SiFive/BrainChip solutions will be announced at a later date.

WooHoo Soulutions

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Pandaxxx

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Received this email this morning from my broker:

Adjusting your portfolio
We have identified several growth opportunities that we would like to apply to your investment in XXXXXX in the near future. The first includes taking a small position in an ASX300 stock called Brainchip that we believe has strong growth prospects…”

Further good news!

Panda
 
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Fox151

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Whoa Foxy. Little bit harsh for this friendly site?
Maybe you're right. I might’ve been having HC flash backs of people wanting to change our product name, the colour of the branding, the shape of the box, and then sharing all of this advice with Tony, Peter, and anyone else at the company who is unfortunate enough to have a publicly known position / email address.

I think Peter n crew have done a phenominal job. They are experts. They are motivated. They are all over it. By all means let's talk about this stuff here, but maybe let's leave the guys to focus on their knitting?
 
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