Hi Esq,Afternoon Proga,
I have only just sat down and started reading the great input from all.
I would have to disagree with your above post.
If AKIDA is only incorporated in new Mercedes Benz chariots from 2024 onwards, then from what I read somewhere ( was a Mercedes-Benz article kindly shared by a fellow Chipper, sorry cannot recall who.) Thay are using the full 60 neural cores of AKIDA chip.
This being the case, as in alleged useing of the chip as opposed to the Interlectual Property, would lead one to believe ither Brn or Mercedes-Benz would have to start producing physical chips , long whinded process as we all know, like right now , to be ready to insert into the new chariots as thay roll off the production line in 2024.
I would hope BRN get paid as soon as the chips are in Mercedes-Benz hot little hands, though I have a feeling payment will come when completed cars are sold to customer's.
This is my take on things, could be wrong .
Regards,
Esq.
I think it was @thelittleshort who posted the article.
The fact that they mention 80 NPUs indicates that they used the Akida SoC, not the Akida IP.
Word recognition uses less than a quarter of the Akida NPUs, so there would be plenty of reserve NPUs for another application*.
They would not use the Akida IP for a one-off concept car, sso they used the Akida SoC. The production run may see Akida IP incorporated in some other processor, but the future is opaque and nvidible.
*Remember the video with voice, face and presence recognition run on a single Akida chip.
PS: I have seen many articles stating that MBUX will be an option in EQS in 2023, so if they can make that display screen for next year, they may be able to get Akida incorporated in their AI partner's processor.
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