Hi FL
There are probably a host of reasons based on FACTS and logic that could be applied to address this question before leaping to the conclusion you are suggesting.
For example firstly we know the following
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1. Edge Impulse and BrainChip Partner to Further AI Development with Support for the Akida platform
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03 Jan, 2023, 08:00 ET
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Edge Impulse announced today official support for BrainChip's neural processor AI IP, making BrainChip the first strategic IP partner on the Edge Impulse platform. This integration will enable users to leverage the power of Edge Impulse's machine learning platform, combined with the high-performance neural processing capabilities of BrainChip's Akida™ to develop and deploy powerful edge-based solutions.
Among the products supported by Edge Impulse is BrainChip's AKD1000 SoC, the first available device with Akida IP for developers. This comes with a BrainChip Akida PCIe reference board, which can be plugged into a developer's existing system to unlock capabilities for a wide array of edge AI use cases, including Automotive, Consumer, Home, and Industrial applications.
The Akida IP platform provides low-power, high-performance edge AI acceleration, designed to enable real-time machine learning inferencing on-device. Based on neuromorphic principles that mimic the brain, Akida supports today's models and workloads while future-proofing for emerging trends in efficient AI. Now devices with the Akida IP supported by Edge Impulse can enable users to sample raw data, build models, and deploy trained embedded machine learning models directly from Edge Impulse Studio to create the next generation of low-power, high-performance ML applications.
"This integration will provide users with a powerful and easy-to-use solution for building and deploying machine learning models on the edge," said Zach Shelby, co-founder and CEO of Edge Impulse. "We look forward to seeing what our users will create with BrainChip's AI offering."
"BrainChip's goal is to push the limits of on-chip AI compute to extremely energy-constrained sensor devices, the kind of performance that is only available in much higher power systems." said Sean Hehir, BrainChip's CEO. "Having our Akida IP supported and implemented into the Edge Impulse platform helps ensure that developers are able to deploy ML solutions quickly and easily to create a much more capable, innovative, and truly intelligent edge."
Edge Impulse and BrainChip have an established relationship, previously announcing cross-platform support, including support for deploying Edge Impulse projects on the BrainChip MetaTF platform. Some of the features in which the user community can leverage include:
- BrainChip's transfer learning block on Edge Impulse design studio
- Quantization Aware Training (QAT)
- The introduction of FOMO for BrainChip's Akida
- Generation of BrainChip's compatible Edge Learning Models
- No-code binary generation for quick AKD1000 deployment
- Performance metrics for model profiling
The ongoing combination of BrainChip's Akida technology and Edge Impulse's platform, tools, and services will allow customers to achieve their ML objectives with fast and efficient development cycles to get to market quicker and achieve a competitive advantage."
Secondly we know that Nvidia think so highly of the Edge Impulse platform and how easy it makes it for developers to implement they have become a partner and allow full access to their software platform for this purpose.
Thirdly we know unlike Governments companies like Renesas have corporate plans stretching 5, 10, 15 years into the future which they implement and it is not logical to expect that their corporate plan to implement AKIDA in a low end MCU is going to be changed overnight when we have evidence that they have been following that plan since at least 2000 through to November, 2022 into 2023.
Finally we all know that multiple analysts, companies, research engineers and scientists have test AKIDA technology and come to the same conclusion that Edge Impulse has in particular Tata Consulting Group and Tata Elxsi.
I know that we have a range of people on this site and accordingly a range of views but to ignore all the above primary evidence and leap straight to your conclusion that because you are not being told by Renesas what its corporate plans are that it could actually mean that AKIDA technology is a dog just 'does not compute' as a famous robot from Lost in Space used to say.
Your statement that 'known partners are not using us' is of course incorrect as you would well know so I assume this is one of those emotional statements that we dismiss when our partners are making a point.
You are however not my partner and I am an investor in Brainchip as apparently you are so why are you prepared to make this statement which if accepted by casual readers of this site may influence their opinion of Brainchip and its technology?
As I have taken the time to address your questions I would like you to address my question now even if your answer is I did not really mean that I was just being emotional and exaggerating.
My opinion only DYOR
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