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[GDJR69]

Indeed, and, as NaNose recently announced their inclusion with NVIDIA I thought it relevant to remind those who may not be aware that we were once connected with their research. If that's not the case anymore then please update us. Otherwise, knowledge is always useful however it's used.

My impression is that they are now

Indeed, and, as NaNose recently announced their inclusion with NVIDIA I thought it relevant to remind those who may not be aware that we were once connected with their research. If that's not the case anymore then please update us. Otherwise, knowledge is always useful however it's used.

Indeed, and, as NaNose recently announced their inclusion with NVIDIA I thought it relevant to remind those who may not be aware that we were once connected with their research. If that's not the case anymore then please update us. Otherwise, knowledge is always useful however it's used.

Well we were connected with Nanose it is true but it appears to me that they may have jumped ship and gone with NVIDIA. I certainly hope not and would welcome being set straight, but that is what appears to be the case on the face of it. You can have knowledge, but you need to know what to do with it . . .

 

[Humble Genius]

Earlier today: Alf Kuchenbuch and Mikhail Asavkin (ANT61) visiting ESA’s ERASMUS INNOVATION CENTRE, located at ESA's Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.


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Erasmus Innovation Centre

The ERASMUS INNOVATION CENTRE is located at ESA's Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. It is primarily a B2B Centre, focusing on the areas of robotics, energy, sustainable habitats, and health. The centre offers a unique venue for large and medium size...

www.esa.int

I like this. Why - because he wouldn't be going there just for some old school excursion to pass the time. Something big must be brewing

 

[Esq.111]

Good Morning Chippers ,

A Little on Airbus ,

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Lagardère production plant in Blagnac, France
Formerly	Parent company: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV (EADS) (2000–2014) Airbus Group NV (2014–2015) Airbus Group SE (2015–2017) Subsidiary: Airbus Industrie GIE (1970–2001) Airbus SAS (2001–current)
Company type	Public
Traded as	BMAD: AIR Euronext Paris: AIR FWB: AIR CAC 40 component DAX component Euro Stoxx 50 component
ISIN	NL0000235190
Industry	Aerospace, defence
Predecessor	Aérospatiale, CASA, DASA, Matra
Founded	18 December 1970; 53 years ago
Headquarters	Blagnac, France (main office) Leiden, Netherlands (legal)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Guillaume Faury (CEO) René Obermann (Chairman)
Products	A220 A320 A330 A350
Revenue	€65.45 billion (2023)
Operating income	€4.60 billion (2023)
Net income	€3.79 billion (2023)
Total assets	€118.87 billion (2023)
Total equity	€17.73 billion (2023)
Owner	SOGEPA (French Government): 10.9%[1] GZBV [de] (German Government): 10.8%[2] SEPI (Spanish Government): 4.1%[3][4]
Number of employees	147,893 (2023)
Divisions	Defence and Space Helicopters
Subsidiaries	Airbus Group, Inc. Airbus Corporate Jets ArianeGroup (50%) ATR (50%) Dassault (10%) Eurofighter (46%) MBDA (37.5%) NAVBLUE NHIndustries (62.5%) Panavia (42.5%) Satair Stelia Aerospace Testia
Website	airbus.com
Footnotes / references Financials as of 31 December 2022. References:[5][6][7]

Airbus SE (/ˈɛərbʌs/; French: [ɛʁbys] ⓘ; German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs] ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈejɾβus]) is a European[8] multinational aerospace corporation. The company’s primary business is the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft but it also has separate defence and space and helicopter divisions. Since 2019, Airbus has been the world's largest manufacturer of airliners as well as the leading helicopter manufacturer.[9][10]
The company was incorporated as the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) in the year 2000 through the merger of the French Aérospatiale-Matra, the German DASA and Spanish CASA. The new entity subsequently acquired full ownership of its subsidiary, Airbus Industrie GIE, a joint venture of European aerospace companies originally incorporated in 1970 to develop and produce a wide-body aircraft to compete with American-built airliners. EADS rebranded itself as Airbus SE in 2015. Reflecting its multinational origin, the company operates major offices and assembly plants in France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, along with more recent additions in Canada, China, and the United States.[11]
Airbus' headquarters are legally registered in Leiden, Netherlands, but daily management is conducted from the company's main office located in Blagnac, France.[12] The SE in its corporate name stands for Societas Europaea.[13] The company is led by CEO Guillaume Faury and is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.[14] Since its inception in 2000, the company’s shares have been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the four regional Spanish stock exchanges (including the Bolsa de Madrid).[15]
In 2024, following similar ventures launched in Singapore and the Netherlands, Airbus announced its plans to establish a Tech Hub in Japan, to foster partnerships for the next generation aircraft development.[16]

History[edit]​

Main article: History of Airbus
The current company is the product of consolidation in the European aerospace industry, tracing back to the formation of the Airbus Industrie GIE consortium in 1970. In 2000, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) NV was established. In addition to other subsidiaries pertaining to security and space activities, EADS owned 100% of the pre-existing Eurocopter SA, established in 1992, as well as 80% of Airbus Industrie GIE. In 2001, Airbus Industrie GIE was reorganised as Airbus SAS, a simplified joint-stock company. In 2006, EADS acquired BAE Systems' remaining 20% of Airbus.[17] EADS NV was renamed Airbus Group NV and SE in 2014 and 2015, respectively.[18][19][20] Due to the dominance of the Airbus SAS division within Airbus Group SE, the executive committees of the parent and subsidiary companies were aligned in January 2017, but the companies were kept as separate legal entities. The holding company was given its present name in April 2017.[21]

Airbus (est. 2000, renamed 2017)	Aérospatiale-Matra (est. 1999) Aérospatiale (est. 1970) Matra (est. 1937) DASA (est. 1989) Daimler-Benz (aerospace unit) (est. 1926) Dornier Flugzeugwerke (est. 1922) Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) (est. 1968) CASA (Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA) (est. 1923)

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The logos of Airbus Industrie GIE and Airbus SAS displayed a stylised turbine symbol, redolent of a jet engine, and a font similar to Helvetica Black. The logo colours were reflected in the standard Airbus aircraft livery in each period. The EADS logo between 2000 and 2010 combined the logos of the merged companies, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (a four-ray star) and Aérospatiale-Matra (a curved arrow), after which these elements were removed and a new font with 3D shading was chosen. This font was retained in the logos of Airbus Group NV (2014–2015) and Airbus Group SE (2015–2017), then Airbus SE:

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  Original, for Airbus A300
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  2014–2017
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  2017–present

Products[edit]​

Civilian[edit]​

Airbus A300, the company's first airliner and the world's first wide-body, twinjet aircraft
The Airbus product line started with the A300 in 1972, the world's first wide-body, twinjet aircraft. The aircraft greatly benefited from the 1976 introduction of the ETOPS 90 rule, which allowed twinjet aircraft to operate up to 90 minutes (increased from 60 minutes) away from the nearest airport. Under the new rule, the A300 was able to operate over the North Atlantic, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean more efficiently than the trijets and four-engined jet aircraft offered by competitors. A shorter, re-winged, re-engineered variant of the A300, known as the A310, followed in 1982. The aircraft would remain in production until 2007.
Airbus A320, the company's best-selling airliner
Building on its success with the A300, Airbus worked to develop a narrow-body aircraft along with additional wide-body aircraft based on the A300.
The narrow-body efforts led to the launch of the A320 in 1987, which was and continues to be a major commercial success. The A320 was the first commercial jet to use a digital fly-by-wire control system. All Airbus aircraft developed since then have cockpit systems similar to the A320, making it easier to train crew. The success led Airbus to introduce a lengthened version, the A321 in 1993, along with the shorter A319 in 1995 and the even shorter A318 in 2002. In 2016, Airbus re-engineered the narrow-body family, in a programme called the A320neo (new engine option).
The wide-body programme led to the introduction of the four-engine A340 in 1991 and the twinjet A330 in 1992. At that time, Airbus wanted to offer four-engined jet aircraft to allow for longer transatlantic and transpacific flights. However, during the aircraft's development, new rules extended twinjet operations to 120 minutes in 1986, and 180 minutes in 1989. Although the new rules hurt sales of the A340, they greatly benefited the A330. Production of the A340 ended in 2011, while the A330 would be re-engineered as the A330neo (new engine option) in 2018.
The world's largest passenger airliner was introduced by Airbus in 2005; the A380 was a four-engine aircraft with two full-length passenger seating decks. Intended to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market, the A380 was ultimately a money-losing venture for Airbus due to large development costs and limited sales, and production ended in January 2022.
The A350, a wide-body, twinjet aircraft was introduced in 2013. The A350 was the first Airbus aircraft made largely from carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers. It is longer and wider than the fuselage used on the A300, A310, A330, and A340.
A second narrow-body jet was added to the product list in 2018 when Airbus gained control of the Bombardier CSeries programme, and rebranded it as the A220. The jet offers five-abreast seating compared to the six-abreast seating on the A320.
Product list and details (date information from Airbus)

Aircraft	Description	Seats	1st flight	Production end	Orders	Deliveries	Unfilled	In operation
A220	2 engines, narrow-body	108–130	16 September 2013		914	322	592	322
A300	2 engines, wide-body	228–254	28 October 1972	27 March 2007	561	561	—	219
A310	2 engines, wide-body	187	3 April 1982	27 March 1998	255	255	—	52
A320	2 engines, narrow-body	107–185	22 February 1987		18,460	11,328	7,132	10,630
A330	2 engines, wide-body	246–300	2 November 1992		1,774	1,598	176	1,479
A340	4 engines, wide-body	239–377	25 October 1991	10 November 2011	377	377	—	202
A350	2 engines, wide-body	270–350	14 June 2013		1,277	592	652	586
A380	4 engines, wide-body, double deck	555	27 April 2005	1 January 2022	251	251	—	234

Data as of 29 February 2024.[22]

Organisation[edit]​

Divisions[edit]​

Revenues by division, as of 2023:
Commercial aircraft (72%)
Defence and Space (17%)
Helicopters (11%)

Commercial Aircraft[edit]​

Commercial aircraft generated 74% of total revenue for the Airbus group in 2018 and 72% in 2023.[28][29] The key trends for Airbus Commercial Aircraft (excluding Defence, Space and Helicopters) are as of the financial year ending 31 December 2023:[30]




Regards ,
Esq.

 

[7für7]

Elon Musk entered the chat

 

[itsol4605]

I already posted about this new VVDN webpage last Tuesday:

https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-ongoing.1/post-428983

Nothing has since changed: it continues to say “Enquire Now”, and there is no “Buy Now” button anywhere to be seen, yet.

You can “Enquire” but not “Buy” an Edge Box.

 

[7für7]

You can “Enquire” but not “Buy” an Edge Box.

If you can not buy, you can not wait for a product to be delivered.

 

[Bravo]

In relation to this morning's announcement, here's the Tender info for "Evaluation of Neuromorphic Computing Technologies for Very Low Power AI/ML Applications" .

ESA Tender Actions

Extract 1 - Speaks for itself really.

"Such a low consumption makes Neuromorphic very attractive for embedded applications where power is limited (e.g. satellites, probes, rovers, landers). It also makes possible training at the edge (where data are produced), therefore, eliminating or simplifying the ground segment. The activity is aimed at optical applications related to exploration (HRE), Earth Observation (EOP) or science (SCI)."​

Extract 2 - "Demonstrating the superioriy". Yes please! Hopefully this independent benchmarking will come in handy for us in getting more licenses over the line.

"Demonstrate the superiority of Neuromorphic technology with respect to power consumption and benchmark algorithm on commercially available evaluation boards."

esa-star Publication

esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int

 

[Frangipani]

Those of you who have taken a closer look at the global neuromorphic research community will likely have come across the annual Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop, a three week project-based meeting in eponymous Telluride, a charming former Victorian mining town in the Rocky Mountain high country of southwestern Colorado. Nestled in a deep glacial valley, Telluride sits at an elevation of 8750 ft (2667 m) and is surrounded by majestic rugged peaks. Truly a scenic location for a workshop.

The National Science Foundation (NSF), which has continuously supported the Telluride Workshop since its beginnings in the 1990s, described it in a 2023 announcement as follows: It “will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from academia and industry, including engineers, computer scientists, neuroscientists, behavioral and cognitive scientists (…) The annual three-week hands-on, project-based meeting is organized around specific topic areas to explore organizing principles of neural cognition that can inspire implementation in artificial systems. Each topic area is guided by a group of experts who will provide tutorials, lectures and hands-on project guidance.”

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportu...ng-augmented-intelligence/announcements/95341

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Telluride 2024

The workshop is a 3-week project-based meeting organized around specific topic areas to bring the organizing principles of neural cognition into artificial intelligence, and to use AI to understand how brains work.

sites.google.com

The topic areas for the 2024 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop are now online. As every year, the list of topic leaders and invited speakers includes the crème de la crème of neuromorphic researchers from all over the world. While no one from Brainchip has made the invited speakers’ list (at least not to date), I was extremely pleased to notice that Akida will be featured nevertheless! It has taken the academic neuromorphic community ages to take Brainchip seriously (cf my previous post on Open Neuromorphic: https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-ongoing.1/post-404235), but here we are, finally getting acknowledged alongside the usual suspects:

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Some readers will now presumably shrug their shoulders and consider this mention of Brainchip in a workshop programme as being insignificant as opposed to those coveted commercial announcements. To me, however, the inclusion of Brainchip at Telluride marks a milestone.

Also keep in mind what NSF Program Director Soo-Siang Lim said about Telluride (see link above): “This workshop has a long and successful track-record of advancing and integrating our understanding of biological and artificial systems of learning. Many collaborations catalyzed by the workshop have led to significant technology innovations, and the training of future industry and academic leaders.”

I’d just love to know who of the four topic leaders and/or co-organisers had suggested to include Brainchip for their hands-on project “Processing space-based data using neuromorphic computing hardware” (and whether this was readily agreed on or not):

Was it one of the two colleagues from Western Sydney University’s International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS)? Gregory Cohen (who is responsible for Astrosite, WSU’s containerised neuromorphic inspired mobile telescope observatory as well as for the modification of the two neuromorphic cameras on the ISS as part of the USAFA Falcon Neuro project) or Alexandre Marcireau?

Or was it Gregor Lenz, who left Synsense in mid-2023 to co-found Neurobus (“At Neurobus we’re harnessing the power of neuromorphic computing to transform space technology”) and is also one of the co-founders of the Open Neuromorphic community? He was one of the few live viewers of Cristian Axenie’s January 15 online presentation on the TinyML Vision Zero San Jose Competition (where his TH Nürnberg team, utilising Akida for their event-based visual motion detection and tracking of pedestrians, had come runner-up), and asked a number of intriguing questions about Akida during the live broadcast.

Or was it possibly Jens Egholm Pedersen, the Danish doctoral student at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden’s largest technical university, who hosted said presentation by Cristian Axenie on the Open Neuromorphic YouTube channel and appeared to be genuinely impressed about Akida (and the Edge Impulse platform), too?

Oh, and last, but not least:
Our CTO Anthony M Lewis aka Tony Lewis has been to Telluride numerous times: the workshop website lists him as one of the early participants back in 1996 (when he was with UCLA’s Computer Science Department). Tony Lewis is subsequently listed as a guest speaker for the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 workshops (in his then capacity as the founder of Iguana Robotics) - information on the participants between 2006 - 2009 as well as for the year 2011 is marked as “lost”. In 2019, Tony Lewis had once again been invited as either topic leader or guest speaker, but according to the website could not come.

So I guess there is a good chance we will see him return to Telluride one day, this time as CTO of Brainchip, catching up with a lot old friends and acquaintances, many of whom he also keeps in touch with via his extensive LinkedIn network, so they’d definitely know what he’s been up to.

As I said in another post six weeks ago:

It’s a good thing that Giulia D’Angelo will soon get to witness AKD1000 in action (if she hasn’t done so already), as she has been added as one of the co-organisers for the Telluride 2024 Topic Area Neuromorphic Systems for Space Applications:


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She recently moved from Genoa to Munich to work as Senior Researcher at fortiss.

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The fortiss Neuromorphic Lab was one of more than 100 partner institutions in the EU-funded Human Brain Project (> SpiNNaker) that ran from 2013 to 2023. It has also been doing lots of projects based on Loihi in recent years (as well as collaborating with IBM on at least one project). While I have yet to come across any proof of fortiss researchers utilising Akida, I noticed they have at least been aware of BrainChip’s tech since 2020, as evidenced by their 2020 Annual Report:

https://www.fortiss.org/fileadmin/user_upload/06_Ergebnisse/Studien_und_Roadmaps/fortiss_report_AI_Engineering_en_web.pdf

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Anyone interested in registering online for remote participation in the upcoming hybrid Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop (June 30 - July 19)?

Telluride 2024 - Online Registration

The workshop intends to live stream many of the morning talks and discussions directly from the schoolhouse for remote participation. The registration link for online participation in the hybrid 2024 workshop is: https://forms.gle/xfSMwnYgcwRq1UAE6 Or just fill out the form below. Your invitation

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Meanwhile, two more speakers have been invited by the organisers of the topic area SPA24: Neuromorphic systems for space applications, which is the one that will provide on-site participants with the opportunity to get hands-on-experience with neuromorphic hardware including Akida:

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Dr Damien Joubert from Prophesee and … Laurent Hili, our friend from ESA!

Telluride 2024 - SPA24: Neuromorphic systems for space applications

Topic leaders Gregory Cohen | WSU Gregor Lenz | Neurobus Co-organizers Alexandre Marcireau | WSU Giulia D’Angelo | CTU Jens Egholm | KTH

sites.google.com

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The 2024 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop is into its third (and last) week.

Today, I once again revisited the webpage of the topic area SPA24 Neuromorphic Systems for Space Applications (which is the one also involving Akida) and noticed that apart from two more projects added, another speaker was recently invited: interestingly, Dr Noor Qadri is a chemist at the US Naval Research Lab’s Remote Sensing Division.

Telluride 2024 - SPA24: Neuromorphic systems for space applications

Topic leaders Gregory Cohen | WSU Gregor Lenz | Neurobus Co-organizers Alexandre Marcireau | WSU Giulia D’Angelo | CTU Jens Egholm | KTH

sites.google.com

 

[itsol4605]

If you can not buy, you can not wait for a product to be delivered.

You're a funny guy who always makes completely pointless comments about everything.

 

[Diogenese]

Newbie incoming

Rohan Shingre on LinkedIn: #brainchip #machinelearning #ai #internship #sparsity #eventbasedsystems…

I am thrilled to share that I have joined BrainChip as a Machine Learning Intern! Thank you to M Anthony Lewis, Rudy Pei, Olivier Coenen and Katie Quiroz…

www.linkedin.com

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Sparsity has been BRN's watchword from day 1. This may be related to work on compressing LLMs.

 

[Bravo]

Jeff Bezos And Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Lead $300M Funding Round For Startup Working On Developing 'General Purpose Brain' For AI Systems​

https://twitter.com/benzinga

July 15, 2024 4:17 AM | 2 min read | 1 Comment

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The artificial intelligence company Skild AI has secured a substantial $300 million in Series A funding. This investment round was led by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and SoftBank Group, led by Masayoshi Son, among others, and is aimed at developing a “general-purpose brain” for AI systems.

What Happened: Skild AI, a spinout from Carnegie Mellon, recently emerged from stealth mode to announce the successful completion of its Series A funding round, the company announced last week. The company is focused on creating an AI system that can be retrofitted into various machines and robotics devices

The funding, which was raised at a valuation of $1.5 billion, was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, and Bezos through Bezos Expeditions. It also saw participation from Felicis Ventures, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CRV, Amazon, SV Angel, and Carnegie Mellon University.

Skild AI is the latest entrant in the AI space with the ambitious goal of developing an “artificial general intelligence.”
Skild AI’s long-term objective is to create a modular artificial “brain” that can be retrofitted for use in any compatible housing. The company’s roadmap and partnerships were not disclosed in the Series A funding announcement.

Why It Matters: Bezos’s involvement in Skild AI comes after he sold $5 billion in Amazon shares earlier this year. This move had sparked speculation about his financial strategies, including a potential purchase of the Seattle Seahawks. Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021, continues to shape the tech landscape through strategic investments and his role as executive chair.

Meanwhile, SoftBank has been aggressively expanding its AI portfolio. Recently, SoftBank acquired UK chipmaker Graphcore to strengthen its AI capabilities. This acquisition aligns with SoftBank’s broader strategy to invest in foundational AI technologies, including semiconductors and systems.

Amazon’s increasing reliance on robotics further underscores the significance of Skild AI’s mission. The e-commerce giant has deployed over 750,000 robots, replacing more than 100,000 human jobs. These robots, such as Sequoia and Digit, enhance efficiency and safety, highlighting the growing role of AI in operational processes.

Additionally, the broader AI landscape is witnessing ambitious predictions. Emad Mostaque, co-founder of Stability AI, recently forecasted that China would lead in robot adoption, with Elon Musk echoing that robots will eventually outnumber humans.

Jeff Bezos And Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Lead $300M Funding Round For Startup Working On Developing 'General Purpose Brain' For AI Systems - SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBF), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

The artificial intelligence company Skild AI has secured a substantial $300 million in Series A funding. This investment round was led by Jeff Bezos and Softbank, among others, and is aimed at developing a "general-purpose brain" for AI systems.

www.benzinga.com

And...Abhinav Gupta, who is the President and Co-Founder of Skild AI looks to have completed some sort of research on neuromorphic computing!!!

https://library.iiitd.edu.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=189450

 

[7für7]

You're a funny guy who always makes completely pointless comments about everything.

maybe you should then questioning your own comments… what do you think?

 

[jtardif999]

Hi Bravo,

I've just realized that SNNs are inherently more transient radiation error (glitch) tolerant than von Neumann.

vN relies on mathematical precision, so a one-bit error always results in an output error. The magnitude of the error would be influenced by the rank of the bit corrupted, from LSB (least significant bit) to MSB.

On the other hand, SNNs rely not on mathematical precision, but on probability based on thousands of "events", so a single error is lost in the noise.

...

Meanwhile, back at the workshop:

"if I just keep cutting off the corners of this square ..."

It was one of the main themes in PVDM’s book.