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DingoBorat
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They are trying to reinvent the wheel.This started out as something else, but it's turned out to be about Rain Ai again.
It's easy to understand the allure of analog, as, in theory, analog is a direct "analog" of the neuronal system. Hence much of the early attempts at electronic neurons and academic research has focused on analog. Some small 1-bit analog systems may have achieved tantalizingly passable results, but the accumulating error limits their development.
Analog neurons work by summing the currents through controllable impedances called ReRAMS, The currents are applied to a summing impedance so the voltage across that impedance is proportional to the sum of the ReRAM currents. Measuring that voltage is supposed to provide a count of the number of ReRAMs through which current has flowed into the summing impedance. The problem is that the ReRAM impedances and the summing impedances are not uniform but suffer from defects such as manufacturing variability.
One notable failure of an attempt to even more closely mimic the wetware neuron using analog is Rain AI, which initially sought to reproduce the complexity of neuronal connexions by the use of insulated nanowires with random connections.
https://www.eetimes.com/rain-neuromorphics-tapes-out-demo-chip-for-analog-ai/
https://www.eetimes.com/rain-demonstrates-ai-training-on-analog-chip/
Neurons can have 10,000 connexions. The human brain's configuration, the neuronal connexions, are determined by DNA and sensory experience. For example, the autonomous activations of breathing and heart beat are pre-programmed into the brain as it develops. The sensory wiring is in part preprogrammed. This is determined by genetic code, not by randomness.
The Rain inventors hoped that the system could be trained to recognize coherent data by feeding large amounts of activations into the system until it learned something, thereby inventing infinite-shot learning.
Because the brain can learn instantaneously, it is clear that new physical connexions cannot be grown instantaneously, so existing connexions must be involved in learning. This suggests that neurons include dormant connexions, some of which are activated when new data is learned. This is imitated by the "weights" of the artificial neuron. In an electronic brain, the weights can be electronically switched on and off, allowing the neuron to be repurposed when the neural network is programmed with a new model, whereas, in a natural brain, the group of activated weight synapses must be retained to store the data in memory. Assuming that neurons can be involved in remembering more than one item, this suggests that different groups of synapses connected to a neuron are activated when different data is being recognized. So a programmed synapse has a permanent ON memory function and a switchable ON/OFF control responsive to activations. The activation data determines which group of synapses and their weights are switched on.
An interesting thing is that the brain has the capability to stimulate memories without external activation.
At the beginning nof 2022, Rain still planned to go ahead with the analog random nanowire synapses:
"Rain’s vision is a fully analog, asynchronous, ultra-low power, tileable, scalable chip with capacity for 100 billion parameters that can imitate the human brain. While this work used a crossbar memristor array, Rain’s hardware roadmap still includes migration to randomly connected ReRAM cells as the technology matures."
Rain Demonstrates AI Training on Analog Chip - EE Times
Remember that, in 2019, Sam Altman agreed to buy $M51 of Rain's chips off the drawing board:
OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman | WIRED
OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
Documents show that OpenAI signed a letter of intent to spend $51 million on brain-inspired chips developed by startup Rain. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously made a personal investment in Rain.www.wired.com
OpenAI in 2019 signed a nonbinding agreement to spend $51 million on the chips when they became available, according to a copy of the deal and Rain disclosures to investors this year, seen by WIRED. Rain told investors that Altman had personally invested more than $1 million in the company. The letter of intent has not been previously reported.
Having spent, no doubt, many hours unsuccessfully attempting to achieve the Frankenstein moment, Rain now boasts the virtues of its yet-to-see-daylight digital NN:
https://rain.ai/products ,
https://rain.ai/
"We're building the most efficient hardware for AI."
https://rain.ai/products
"We offer IP licensing opportunities for Rain’s digital in-memory compute tile and software stack across a range of compute use cases.
The IP is tailored to on-device AI workloads requiring ultra-low latency and high energy efficiency."
and licences in interconnection IP from Arteris,
https://ir.arteris.com/news-release...teris-selected-rain-ai-use-next-generation-ai
Arteris Selected by Rain AI for Use in the Next Generation of AI
Jan 30, 2024 at 8:45 AM EST
PDF Version
Optimizing on-chip mesh connectivity with Arteris’ FlexNoC 5 physically aware network-on-chip enables Rain AI to realize faster data transfers at ultra-low power to achieve record performance for Generative AI and Edge AI computing at scale
It seems their much-vaunted first generation analog random nanowire experiment sank without trace and it's all hands to the pumps in the digital lifeboat.
AKIDA is the wheel.
How do you think they'll go?
.This is an IBM ad
Obviously, from more successful times, when the phrase was also coined..
"You don't get sacked for buying IBM"..
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mrgds
Regular
... and on your tootsies.
Damo4
Regular
Do you know the difference between the word "his" and "he's?"
Peter maybe "semi-retired" but he's still involved, not only with Adam, Barry and especially Alan but also I'd suggest from two WA locations,
one being his main residence and the other within country WA.
Peter spoke to me in glowing terms of his replacement, and although I can't say for sure, I'd suspect that Peter and Tony are in regular contact
discussing technical viewpoints to continue moving Brainchip's groundbreaking technology forward.
We are in excellent hands, I'm sure many other companies wish that they were in our position quietly !
Thanks...Tech.
DingoBorat
Slim
I think he meant well, but can understand people like the Pom getting pissed at his ending comment, because you just don't say shit like that...
AKIDA is Peter's baby, but it's a product of more than "just" his hard work too..
The whole BrainChip team, has been responsible for our technical success and our financial success in the Future, as well.
David holland
Regular
100 % my post wasn't wishing bad will,
But once again saying Sean has got a excellent team and was probably keen to look beyond Peters yrs
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https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/06/26/u-s-military-sees-future-neuromorphic-computing/
https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/...morphic-computing-under-u-s-air-force-effort/
A couple of old articles. But it highlights that the AFRL have been researching neuromorphic computing since 2008. And states in one of the articles that the AFRL is working to develop neuromorphic computing for possible use in drones in the next 5 years.
They were working with IBM and Intel Back then. But we know Brainchip are working with AFRL through ISL. With IBM and Loihi being nowhere near ready, it looks like we are in the driving seat
https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/...morphic-computing-under-u-s-air-force-effort/
A couple of old articles. But it highlights that the AFRL have been researching neuromorphic computing since 2008. And states in one of the articles that the AFRL is working to develop neuromorphic computing for possible use in drones in the next 5 years.
They were working with IBM and Intel Back then. But we know Brainchip are working with AFRL through ISL. With IBM and Loihi being nowhere near ready, it looks like we are in the driving seat
David holland
Regular
The bottomline is Brainchip can make mistakes with typo's and your invested your money with them, but you want to have a go at me,
Do you know how many people out there that are hungry and are successful and can't read or write.
Next time pick your fights carefully ,I have never picked you so why now for you,
You don't like me Mute me or your not that bright to do that
David holland
Regular
It's called a contingency plan, no ill will to nobody
David holland
Regular
Brainchip is a team, Peter is the genius, but going forward you need a team all on board to take this company to the nxt level, Our previous CEO Did a job but his time was up, Sean is the right man for the job
Bit of news on the Loyal Wingman/Ghost Bat front, autonomous flight:
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...E&cvid=0d170d6854414868969b25777a8e0956&ei=59
Australia will introduce a new armed drone into service this year, which is expected to be similar to the technology being widely used in the Ukraine war.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has confirmed work is underway on the secretive project, while unveiling a $400 million boost to a much larger unmanned aircraft program known as "Ghost Bat".
...
On Friday, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy is expected to detail a significant further investment in the program, which is the first military combat aircraft to be designed, developed and manufactured in Australia in more than half a century.
The MQ-28A, or Ghost Bat, is a next-generation Collaborative Combat Aircraft that involves 55 Australian companies and has already received $600 million in public funding.
In March last year, the government agreed to a Defence Strategic Review recommendation to prioritise the MQ-28A program for collaborative development with the United States, meaning it can more easily share classified information with Australia's closest military ally.
Two years ago, MQ-28A conducted its first secretive test flight at Woomera, and the ABC has now obtained vision of a more recent training exercise involving the aircraft at an undisclosed location in Australia.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...TE&cvid=effe758eaa19451fa1f089760259dff6&ei=3
Funding for a next-generation drone that will act as "loyal wingman" for the Australian Defence Force will be boosted by $399 million.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy on Friday announced the extra money for the development of the Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft, building on a preview investment of $600 million and taking the total spend to almost $1 billion.
...
The next phase of the Ghost Bat program is to develop technology to allow the drone(s) to work together and with other crewed aircraft, including the Super Hornet or Wedgetail to complete missions as one team.
The Ghost Bat is being designed to act as a "loyal wingman" by protecting and supporting Australian military assets and pilots.
Mr Conroy said he expected the drones to be tested at a demonstration exercise next year.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the coalition backed the investment.
"There's not only sort of a domestic benefit but this will enhance our global reputation," he told Nine's Today.
"It's a great outcome and we support it very much."
Under an agreement with the US, technology will be shared between the two countries to help fast-track the aircraft's manufacture.
More than 55 Australian companies are contributing to the Ghost Bat program, with 70 per cent of program spending going to local industry.
Among other things, Ghost Bat is supposed to take one for the team, but what if "I'm sorry Dave ... "
Funding boost for lethal Ghost Bat drone project as defence minister confirms new armed drone will be introduced this year
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...E&cvid=0d170d6854414868969b25777a8e0956&ei=59
Australia will introduce a new armed drone into service this year, which is expected to be similar to the technology being widely used in the Ukraine war.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has confirmed work is underway on the secretive project, while unveiling a $400 million boost to a much larger unmanned aircraft program known as "Ghost Bat".
...
On Friday, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy is expected to detail a significant further investment in the program, which is the first military combat aircraft to be designed, developed and manufactured in Australia in more than half a century.
The MQ-28A, or Ghost Bat, is a next-generation Collaborative Combat Aircraft that involves 55 Australian companies and has already received $600 million in public funding.
In March last year, the government agreed to a Defence Strategic Review recommendation to prioritise the MQ-28A program for collaborative development with the United States, meaning it can more easily share classified information with Australia's closest military ally.
Two years ago, MQ-28A conducted its first secretive test flight at Woomera, and the ABC has now obtained vision of a more recent training exercise involving the aircraft at an undisclosed location in Australia.
Loyal defence 'wingman' drones get extra $399 million
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...TE&cvid=effe758eaa19451fa1f089760259dff6&ei=3
Funding for a next-generation drone that will act as "loyal wingman" for the Australian Defence Force will be boosted by $399 million.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy on Friday announced the extra money for the development of the Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft, building on a preview investment of $600 million and taking the total spend to almost $1 billion.
...
The next phase of the Ghost Bat program is to develop technology to allow the drone(s) to work together and with other crewed aircraft, including the Super Hornet or Wedgetail to complete missions as one team.
The Ghost Bat is being designed to act as a "loyal wingman" by protecting and supporting Australian military assets and pilots.
Mr Conroy said he expected the drones to be tested at a demonstration exercise next year.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the coalition backed the investment.
"There's not only sort of a domestic benefit but this will enhance our global reputation," he told Nine's Today.
"It's a great outcome and we support it very much."
Under an agreement with the US, technology will be shared between the two countries to help fast-track the aircraft's manufacture.
More than 55 Australian companies are contributing to the Ghost Bat program, with 70 per cent of program spending going to local industry.
Among other things, Ghost Bat is supposed to take one for the team, but what if "I'm sorry Dave ... "
Bravo
If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Sh*t a brick! I might have got something right for once! Well, I'll be darned...
Timing certainly makes sense @Diogenese .This started out as something else, but it's turned out to be about Rain Ai again.
It's easy to understand the allure of analog, as, in theory, analog is a direct "analog" of the neuronal system. Hence much of the early attempts at electronic neurons and academic research has focused on analog. Some small 1-bit analog systems may have achieved tantalizingly passable results, but the accumulating error limits their development.
Analog neurons work by summing the currents through controllable impedances called ReRAMS, The currents are applied to a summing impedance so the voltage across that impedance is proportional to the sum of the ReRAM currents. Measuring that voltage is supposed to provide a count of the number of ReRAMs through which current has flowed into the summing impedance. The problem is that the ReRAM impedances and the summing impedances are not uniform but suffer from defects such as manufacturing variability.
One notable failure of an attempt to even more closely mimic the wetware neuron using analog is Rain AI, which initially sought to reproduce the complexity of neuronal connexions by the use of insulated nanowires with random connections.
https://www.eetimes.com/rain-neuromorphics-tapes-out-demo-chip-for-analog-ai/
https://www.eetimes.com/rain-demonstrates-ai-training-on-analog-chip/
Neurons can have 10,000 connexions. The human brain's configuration, the neuronal connexions, are determined by DNA and sensory experience. For example, the autonomous activations of breathing and heart beat are pre-programmed into the brain as it develops. The sensory wiring is in part preprogrammed. This is determined by genetic code, not by randomness.
The Rain inventors hoped that the system could be trained to recognize coherent data by feeding large amounts of activations into the system until it learned something, thereby inventing infinite-shot learning.
Because the brain can learn instantaneously, it is clear that new physical connexions cannot be grown instantaneously, so existing connexions must be involved in learning. This suggests that neurons include dormant connexions, some of which are activated when new data is learned. This is imitated by the "weights" of the artificial neuron. In an electronic brain, the weights can be electronically switched on and off, allowing the neuron to be repurposed when the neural network is programmed with a new model, whereas, in a natural brain, the group of activated weight synapses must be retained to store the data in memory. Assuming that neurons can be involved in remembering more than one item, this suggests that different groups of synapses connected to a neuron are activated when different data is being recognized. So a programmed synapse has a permanent ON memory function and a switchable ON/OFF control responsive to activations. The activation data determines which group of synapses and their weights are switched on.
An interesting thing is that the brain has the capability to stimulate memories without external activation.
At the beginning nof 2022, Rain still planned to go ahead with the analog random nanowire synapses:
"Rain’s vision is a fully analog, asynchronous, ultra-low power, tileable, scalable chip with capacity for 100 billion parameters that can imitate the human brain. While this work used a crossbar memristor array, Rain’s hardware roadmap still includes migration to randomly connected ReRAM cells as the technology matures."
Rain Demonstrates AI Training on Analog Chip - EE Times
Remember that, in 2019, Sam Altman agreed to buy $M51 of Rain's chips off the drawing board:
OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman | WIRED
OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
Documents show that OpenAI signed a letter of intent to spend $51 million on brain-inspired chips developed by startup Rain. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously made a personal investment in Rain.
OpenAI in 2019 signed a nonbinding agreement to spend $51 million on the chips when they became available, according to a copy of the deal and Rain disclosures to investors this year, seen by WIRED. Rain told investors that Altman had personally invested more than $1 million in the company. The letter of intent has not been previously reported.
Having spent, no doubt, many hours unsuccessfully attempting to achieve the Frankenstein moment, Rain now boasts the virtues of its yet-to-see-daylight digital NN:
https://rain.ai/products ,
https://rain.ai/
"We're building the most efficient hardware for AI."
https://rain.ai/products
"We offer IP licensing opportunities for Rain’s digital in-memory compute tile and software stack across a range of compute use cases.
The IP is tailored to on-device AI workloads requiring ultra-low latency and high energy efficiency."
and licences in interconnection IP from Arteris,
https://ir.arteris.com/news-release...teris-selected-rain-ai-use-next-generation-ai
Arteris Selected by Rain AI for Use in the Next Generation of AI
Jan 30, 2024 at 8:45 AM EST
PDF Version
Optimizing on-chip mesh connectivity with Arteris’ FlexNoC 5 physically aware network-on-chip enables Rain AI to realize faster data transfers at ultra-low power to achieve record performance for Generative AI and Edge AI computing at scale
It seems their much-vaunted first generation analog random nanowire experiment sank without trace and it's all hands to the pumps in the digital lifeboat.
I'm keen to see what takes place at Intel's next foundary event on the 21 Feb 2024. Sam Altman will be in attendance as he is purportedly looking for chip partners, which begs the question why would he feel the need to find other chip partners if he didn't have confidence in Rain AI's ability to deliver.
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Hi All
On 19 December, 2023 I posted my then updated list of 50 companies and institutions which have been confirmed as engaged with Brainchip either by Press Release, academic papers, ASX announcements or direct communications with the Director Investor Relations or the CEO Sean Hehir.
Today I updated my list with the disclosures since 19 December, 2023 and it has now reached 55 so I thought as new or potential investors could be looking at Brainchip as a result of this weeks price action it might be a useful first step before they dig into Neuromorphia’s magnum opus via ‘Brainchip AKIDA Ecosystem’ thread:
1. FORD
2. VALEO
3. RENESAS
4. NASA
5. TATA Consulting Services
6. MEGACHIPS
7. MOSCHIP
8. SOCIONEXT
9. PROPHESEE
10. VVDN
11. TEKSUN
12. Ai LABS
13. NVISO
14. EMOTION 3D
15. ARM
16. EDGE IMPULSE
17. INTEL
18. GLOBAL FOUNDRIES
19. BLUE RIDGE ENVISIONEERING
20. MERCEDES BENZ
21. ANT 61
22. QUANTUM VENTURA
23. INFORMATION SYSTEM LABORATORIES
24. INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS
25. CVEDIA
26. LORSER INDUSTRIES
27. SiFIVE
28. IPRO SILICONE
29. SALESLINK
30. NUMEM
31. VORAGO
32. NANOSE
33. BIOTOME
34. OCULI
35. CIRCLE8 CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
36. AVID GROUP
37. TATA ELXSI
38. GMAC INTELLIGENCE
39. EDGX
40. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
41 UNIGEN
42. iniVation
43. SAHOMA CONTROLWARE
44. MAGIK EYE
45. MYWAI
46. INFINEON
47. ERICSSON
48. MICROCHIP
49. ONSEMI
50. University of Virginia
51. University of Oklahoma
52. Arizona State University
53. Carnegie Mellon University
54. Rochester Institute of Technology
55. Drexel University
My opinion only DYOR
Fact Finder
On 19 December, 2023 I posted my then updated list of 50 companies and institutions which have been confirmed as engaged with Brainchip either by Press Release, academic papers, ASX announcements or direct communications with the Director Investor Relations or the CEO Sean Hehir.
Today I updated my list with the disclosures since 19 December, 2023 and it has now reached 55 so I thought as new or potential investors could be looking at Brainchip as a result of this weeks price action it might be a useful first step before they dig into Neuromorphia’s magnum opus via ‘Brainchip AKIDA Ecosystem’ thread:
1. FORD
2. VALEO
3. RENESAS
4. NASA
5. TATA Consulting Services
6. MEGACHIPS
7. MOSCHIP
8. SOCIONEXT
9. PROPHESEE
10. VVDN
11. TEKSUN
12. Ai LABS
13. NVISO
14. EMOTION 3D
15. ARM
16. EDGE IMPULSE
17. INTEL
18. GLOBAL FOUNDRIES
19. BLUE RIDGE ENVISIONEERING
20. MERCEDES BENZ
21. ANT 61
22. QUANTUM VENTURA
23. INFORMATION SYSTEM LABORATORIES
24. INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS
25. CVEDIA
26. LORSER INDUSTRIES
27. SiFIVE
28. IPRO SILICONE
29. SALESLINK
30. NUMEM
31. VORAGO
32. NANOSE
33. BIOTOME
34. OCULI
35. CIRCLE8 CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
36. AVID GROUP
37. TATA ELXSI
38. GMAC INTELLIGENCE
39. EDGX
40. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
41 UNIGEN
42. iniVation
43. SAHOMA CONTROLWARE
44. MAGIK EYE
45. MYWAI
46. INFINEON
47. ERICSSON
48. MICROCHIP
49. ONSEMI
50. University of Virginia
51. University of Oklahoma
52. Arizona State University
53. Carnegie Mellon University
54. Rochester Institute of Technology
55. Drexel University
My opinion only DYOR
Fact Finder
Sirod69
bavarian girl ;-)
25.01.2024
The Czech Republic as a European semiconductor center: Škoda Auto is expanding its innovation partnership with semiconductor manufacturer onsemi
› Through the ongoing strategic partnership with onsemi as one of the leading players in the semiconductor industry in the Czech Republic, the automobile manufacturer underlines the importance of technological innovations for the widespread introduction of electric vehicles
› Many Volkswagen Group brands achieve valuable synergies thanks to the continued cooperation with onsemi
› onsemi is one of the leading companies for intelligent energy and sensor technologies with extensive know-how in silicon carbide technology and image sensing – key areas for future state-of-the-art Škoda models
Through the ongoing strategic partnership with onsemi, Škoda Auto underlines how important continuous technological innovation is for the progress of the automotive industry. At a meeting in Prague, Karsten Schnake, Škoda Auto Board Member for Procurement and head of the cross-brand and cross-divisional task force COMPASS (Cross Operational Management Parts & Supply Security) for the Volkswagen Group, and Hassane El-Khoury, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of onsemi, spoke about the importance of semiconductors for the automotive industry. Both emphasized that these components will rapidly become more important in the coming years as consumers demand more autonomous features and a shift toward electrification. Together, both companies want to make a lasting contribution to strengthening the Czech Republic's position as a European semiconductor center.
Karsten Schnake, Škoda Auto board member for procurement and head of the cross-brand and cross-divisional task force COMPASS (Cross Operational Management Parts & Supply Security) for the Volkswagen Group, explains: “Semiconductors are key innovation drivers for us as a car manufacturer. They enable us to equip our customers' vehicles with attractive assistance systems and are considered the key to our further change towards e-mobility. By working closely with our suppliers along the entire value chain and our new partners in the semiconductor industry, we ensure that we always have access to state-of-the-art semiconductors to offer our customers excellent products. We at Škoda and the entire Volkswagen Group are achieving great synergies through the strategic partnership with onsemi.”
Hassane El-Khoury, CEO of onsemi, said: “onsemi continues to develop its smart energy and sensor technologies to enable car manufacturers to develop safer and more energy efficient vehicles. By using our technologies, automobile manufacturers such as Škoda and the Volkswagen Group can provide today’s users with state-of-the-art driver assistance functions and further accelerate the transformation to electrification.”
Innovation drivers from the Czech Republic
Together with the Volkswagen Group and partners from business and politics, Škoda Auto is committed to establishing its home country of the Czech Republic as an e-mobility hub. The semiconductor industry is considered a central pillar in this overarching project. onsemi plays a key role in the project. The company currently employs more than 2,200 people in the Czech Republic in various areas such as crystal growth and wafer production as well as in two design centers.
The Czech Republic is currently strengthening its position as a semiconductor center and – together with the neighboring German state of Saxony – is already one of the pacesetters in the semiconductor industry in the European Union.
www.presseportal.de
The Czech Republic as a European semiconductor center: Škoda Auto is expanding its innovation partnership with semiconductor manufacturer onsemi
› Through the ongoing strategic partnership with onsemi as one of the leading players in the semiconductor industry in the Czech Republic, the automobile manufacturer underlines the importance of technological innovations for the widespread introduction of electric vehicles
› Many Volkswagen Group brands achieve valuable synergies thanks to the continued cooperation with onsemi
› onsemi is one of the leading companies for intelligent energy and sensor technologies with extensive know-how in silicon carbide technology and image sensing – key areas for future state-of-the-art Škoda models
Through the ongoing strategic partnership with onsemi, Škoda Auto underlines how important continuous technological innovation is for the progress of the automotive industry. At a meeting in Prague, Karsten Schnake, Škoda Auto Board Member for Procurement and head of the cross-brand and cross-divisional task force COMPASS (Cross Operational Management Parts & Supply Security) for the Volkswagen Group, and Hassane El-Khoury, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of onsemi, spoke about the importance of semiconductors for the automotive industry. Both emphasized that these components will rapidly become more important in the coming years as consumers demand more autonomous features and a shift toward electrification. Together, both companies want to make a lasting contribution to strengthening the Czech Republic's position as a European semiconductor center.
Karsten Schnake, Škoda Auto board member for procurement and head of the cross-brand and cross-divisional task force COMPASS (Cross Operational Management Parts & Supply Security) for the Volkswagen Group, explains: “Semiconductors are key innovation drivers for us as a car manufacturer. They enable us to equip our customers' vehicles with attractive assistance systems and are considered the key to our further change towards e-mobility. By working closely with our suppliers along the entire value chain and our new partners in the semiconductor industry, we ensure that we always have access to state-of-the-art semiconductors to offer our customers excellent products. We at Škoda and the entire Volkswagen Group are achieving great synergies through the strategic partnership with onsemi.”
Hassane El-Khoury, CEO of onsemi, said: “onsemi continues to develop its smart energy and sensor technologies to enable car manufacturers to develop safer and more energy efficient vehicles. By using our technologies, automobile manufacturers such as Škoda and the Volkswagen Group can provide today’s users with state-of-the-art driver assistance functions and further accelerate the transformation to electrification.”
Innovation drivers from the Czech Republic
Together with the Volkswagen Group and partners from business and politics, Škoda Auto is committed to establishing its home country of the Czech Republic as an e-mobility hub. The semiconductor industry is considered a central pillar in this overarching project. onsemi plays a key role in the project. The company currently employs more than 2,200 people in the Czech Republic in various areas such as crystal growth and wafer production as well as in two design centers.
The Czech Republic is currently strengthening its position as a semiconductor center and – together with the neighboring German state of Saxony – is already one of the pacesetters in the semiconductor industry in the European Union.
Tschechien als europäisches Halbleiterzentrum: Škoda Auto baut Innovationspartnerschaft mit Halbleiterhersteller onsemi aus
Mladá Boleslav/Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (ots) - › Durch die andauernde strategische Partnerschaft mit onsemi als einem der führenden Akteure der Halbleiterindustrie in der...
Do you know the difference between the words your and you’re?
wilzy123
Founding Member
CONGRATULATIONS. You are well on your way to becoming the the leading forum DH. The existing leader might have something to say about that though. Perhaps you can negotiate with @David holland over the weekend.
Sirod69
bavarian girl ;-)
EDACafe Industry Predictions for 2024 – RISC V
January 29th, 2024 by Sanjay Gangal
By Mark Himelstein , CTO, RISC-V International
Mark Himelstein
What are the top five trends for the RISC-V open standard ISA in 2024?
This year has been a great one for the RISC-V ecosystem. Our global community of more than 4,100 members from 70 countries across the globe helped to support the continued growth and adoption of the open standard RISC-V ISA. There are now more than 13 billion – yes that’s billion with a B – cores on the market. And we’re not stopping! RISC-V International now hosts more than 75 technical working groups driving progress and advancement on RISC-V standards, software development and tools. We also ratified 16 specifications including the ratification of RISC-V Profiles specification version 1.0 with RVA20, RVI20, and RVA22, RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II and the RISC-V IOMMU Architecture Specification.
We also hosted three anchor events in 2023—RISC-V Summit North America, RISC-V Summit Europe, and RISC-V Summit China. At each event, RISC-V enthusiasts, supporters, adopters, designers, and more joined to address the latest in all things RISC-V. We had a record number of attendees at each event, culminating with more than 2,000 registrants at RISC-V Summit China. Our biggest event yet!
But we are not done. The industry can expect so much more from the RISC-V community in 2024, with key technology advancements, new member products and innovations, and more.
Here are my top five predictions for RISC-V in 2024, not in order of importance:
- The industry will continue to witness the convergence of hyperscale computing, AI/ML, and Datacenter. This year, many of the ecosystem’s biggest tech companies began to market and sell systems, chips, and boards that meet the needs of multiple markets. These markets are hot right now and show no signs of slowing down. RISC-V is a natural solution to address these markets due to its flexibility and speed to market.
- The embedded and IoT markets have typically been key markets for RISC-V-based implementations and deployments. We have already had RISC-V powered wearables, controllers and peripherals hit the market – expect more in the next But, in 2024, we should see the introduction of data center systems based on RISC-V processors.
- Globally, government projects are using the flexible, scalable RISC-V ISA to develop solutions that their local communities require. A few examples include USG Agile and the European Processor Initiative. As the reach and scale of the RISC-V ecosystem continues to grow around the world, so will the interest and engagement from international government
- 2024 will also expect to see a rise in RISC-V chips and single board computers and developer platforms This rise will then fuel continued growth in RISC-V solutions in systems and software based on developer platform availability.
- And finally, we’ll continue to see new milestones for the RISC-V software ecosystem continue to grow. This year, the RISE effort was announced to help expedite RISC-V open source software, and the RISC-V International landscape and exchange launched to enable developers to advertise the availability of software. To ensure that the momentum in software development is readily available to the full ecosystem, RISC-V International will also create a source of record to find commercial and open source software needed for RISC-V That work is underway, and it will be live in 2024.
EDACafe Industry Predictions for 2024 – RISC V - EDACafe Editorial
By Mark Himelstein , CTO, RISC-V International What are the top five trends for the RISC-V open standard ISA in 2024? This year has been a great one for the RISC-V ecosystem. Our global community of more than 4,100 members from 70 countries across the globe helped to support the continued growth...
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