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Diogenese

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Spot on @Fenris78! Well said!

I certainly don't want to speak for anyone else but I reckon you're right on the money here.

There appears to be a massive divergence between the very credible and reputable companies who claim our technology is the bees-knees, versus our ability to actually land any deals/licences.

As a LTH, I think it's incredibly difficult to understand why this is. I certainly haven't given up hope just yet. I attribute my ongoing confidence more to those companies that endorse us so much through their continued positive feedback (not that it gets announced anywhere), rather than because of anything our company seems to be doing particularly well ATM, sadly.

Maybe this will change in the near future. I certainly hope so.


Stop me if you've heard this before:

I have drunk the Kool Aid (even though I thought dropping Akida 1 chips was a mistake at the time, not knowing about TeNNs).

Akida 1 is an advanced digital SNN processor. There are some less capable SNN processors produced by startups finding their way to market, both analog and digital. The big players are still trailing behind.

The field of AI technology is undergoing an unprecedent rate of change and this makes it extremely difficult to gain traction in the market. There has never been such a rapid and continuous rate of development in the field of electronics as we are witnessing today.

At this stage of the company’s development the company is in a protracted pre-revenue period in which the business model has changed in the last 2 years from:
  • chips plus IP (Akida 1)
  • Akida 1 IP only,
  • “would you like chips with that”,
  • Akida 1 IP or Akida 2 with TeNNs, ViT & long skip IP only (possibly as software),
  • Akida 2 with TeNNs etc IP or stand alone TeNNS
while researching Akida 2 for LLMs and ongoing TeNNs development - not to mention my hypothesis about software simulation.

All the while, under cover of NDAs, the engineering and marketing efforts of the company are focused on the customers. As mentioned above, the rapid rate of development of the technology has militated against finalizing a deal. Our engineers are too clever for our own good. Hopefully TeNNs will provide a plateau at which EAPS are happy to pause in their quest for the holy grail, and some EAPs will ink an agreement.

I think it is likely that the EAPs have had access to TeNNs since the patent was filed 2.5 years ago, and that they have been testing software simulations. As TeNNs continues to develop, the software can be readily update, which would not be possible with silicon.

Possibly TeNNs uses such low power and low latency that a software simulation provides a significant advantage even in EVs.

We know EAPs such as Valeo, MB and others are using software to process their sensor signals. If they are using Akida simulation software, this would be a way of enabling ongoing upgrading as the capabilities of Akida continue to evolve.

A cloud-based FPGA has been foreshadowed in the capital raise notice. Basically this will be a configurable COTS product, far cheaper than taping out and manufacturing a wafer, and, while no where near as efficient as an NSoC, it will serve for demonstration purposes (something we are copying from Intel's Loihi demonstrator).

The Brainchip university continues to expand its reach.

ESA and other space agencies and participants have endorsed Akida.

We have over a hundred engagements.

Yes - the NDAs are frustrating, but I believe the green shoots are about to erupt into a rainforest.

The extra cash gives a little more comfort. Sorry to see the BRI being expatriated and the research "standardized", but it shows our focus on LLMs, and will reduce some costs.
 
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So an update on applying for the shares in the cap raise as I don’t think I’ll receive it in the post as we have moved. So I emailed Tony Dawe today asking how do I go about getting them set to my email and he was as helpful as a a chocolate teapot. Thanks tony for your help. So can anyone assist me as Tony don’t give a crap by his response
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Diogenese

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Hi @Slade,

It's funny but I never noticed this until just now that Roger Wendelken, Senior Vice President Renesas’ said “We licensed Akida neural processors" . Processors PLURAL.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it as per usual, but the above statement from May 2023 seems to imply Renesas have licensed more than just that first processor with just 2 nodes (which is what I thought they started with), especially since he talks about seeing the potential to revolutionise the market with the addition of TENN's and Vit's.
Yes, at the time that did trigger a synapse or two somewhere in the dark recesses.
 
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Diogenese

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I suspect Renesas and MegaChips both got upgraded with 2.0 at no cost. I'm not viewing it as for free but good business practice particularly scince we have not heard much more. Or seen any more news just IMO.
yeah ...Renesas originally ordered 2 nodes (8 NPUs), and spoke of it as being used for light work while their in house DRP-Ai did the heavy lifting. of course, once they got their teeth into Akida ...
 
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Just received confirmation that my SPP was successful! Another large chunk added to the pot.

Akida Ballista
Not advice
Lucky you I can’t even get help from the company in assisting me getting them
 
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yeah ...Renesas originally ordered 2 nodes (8 NPUs), and spoke of it as being used for light work while their in house DRP-Ai did the heavy lifting. of course, once they got their teeth into Akida ...
I could be wrong. But I think there would have to be an announcement for any upgrade from Renesas. I asked Tony this question last year. Things may have changed since then... but should be a material announcement
 
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So an update on applying for the shares in the cap raise as I don’t think I’ll receive it in the post as we have moved. So I emailed Tony Dawe today asking how do I go about getting them set to my email and he was as helpful as a a chocolate teapot. Thanks tony for your help. So can anyone assist me as Tony don’t give a crap by his response View attachment 67191 View attachment 67190

I received it via my bank in my account mails/messages yesterday.
 
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I could be wrong. But I think there would have to be an announcement for any upgrade from Renesas. I asked Tony this question last year. Things may have changed since then... but should be a material announcement
Not if any money has changed hands. And if they are reviewing the new benefits of 2.0 Tenns. In the end its the royalty that makes the money not the IP deal up front payment.IMO.

As for what happened I think we are bascicly starting commercialisation again it just never state before because of the BS talk of. Hockey stick growth that was hyped form the precious people which had limited comercial aptitude imo.

The Akida 2.0 is penetrated through various partners as you see in the news the links but before when 1000 came out what did anyone say about akida and its applications nothing in 2020 2021 today we have lots so to me this signifies commercialisation in the near future.
 
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I think everyone will make up their minds about Sean by January 2025.

6 months with plenty of operational cash is enough time.

Nothing personal Sean but if there’s no results by January, we have to move on with another plan with another CEO.
 
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I don’t know that Sean is the problem as his progress with establishing the companies structure has most definitely increased the awareness across all verticals which is clear in our marketing.
I think everyone agrees now that Tenns is available there is no reason we shouldn’t get deals signed next quarter or before.
It’s like a football team.

You can blame the players all you like but the buck stops with coach.

There should be no more excuses because BRN has developed the 2.0 solely based on customers feedback.
 
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Agreed
 
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“Can we be certain you’ll be around to support it”

Me myself personally strongly believe that the last piece of the puzzle has been put in place for the huge deals awaiting our battler to flow. I started a business in the 80’s offering companies a new materials handling solution. Even though they knew it was the way to go, before people like BHP, IBM, Woolworths, Holden, ADF-Army,Navy,Airforce etc would sign deals, they wanted to know if my little battler had the financial ability to be around to support their installations. I had to present them with a strong balance sheet.

The Nvidia’s, Intel’s, Tesla’s, Apple’s et al know that Akida is the way to go. They and the rest of the technology establishment have been tinkering around with second rate, makeshift solutions in a desperate attempt to stave off the day, and/or to find a way around Akida. We all know this hasn’t worked for them.

The ‘nobody gets fired for buying IBM’ excuse is also redundant.

They all know THE solution to power hungry, inefficient, insecure, real AI (and I’m not just talking at the edge) is Akida…nobody else comes close.

Now that our battler can present a solid balance sheet, they have removed the last impediment, the last vestige of reason (dare I say excuse) for not throwing their hats into the ring and going all out on Akida. The outcome for them not doing so will be mediocrity and demise, not something that any BoD or CEO will want to be remembered for.

For mine, the next six months will see the first big deals begin to flow.
 
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Stop me if you've heard this before:

I have drunk the Kool Aid (even though I thought dropping Akida 1 chips was a mistake).

Akida 1 is an advanced digital SNN processor. There are some less capable SNN processors produced by startups finding their way to market, both analog and digital. The big players are still trailing behind.

The field of AI technology is undergoing an unprecedent rate of change and this makes it extremely difficult to gain traction in the market. There has never been such a rapid and continuous rate of development in the field of electronics as we are witnessing today.

At this stage of the company’s development the company is in a protracted pre-revenue period in which the business model has changed in the last 2 years from:
  • chips plus IP (Akida 1)
  • Akida 1 IP only,
  • “would you like chips with that”,
  • Akida 1 IP or Akida 2 with TeNNs, ViT & long skip IP only (possibly as software),
  • Akida 2 with TeNNs etc IP or stand alone TeNNS
while researching Akida 2 for LLMs and ongoing TeNNs development - not to mention my hypothesis about software simulation.

All the while, under cover of NDAs, the engineering and marketing efforts of the company are focused on the customers. As mentioned above, the rapid rate of development of the technology has militated against finalizing a deal. Our engineers are too clever for our own good. Hopefully TeNNs will provide a plateau at which EAPS are happy to pause in their quest for the holy grail, and some EAPs will ink an agreement.

I think it is likely that the EAPs have had access to TeNNs since the patent was filed 2.5 years ago, and that they have been testing software simulations. As TeNNs continues to develop, the software can be readily update, which would not be possible with silicon.

Possibly TeNNs uses such low power and low latency that a software simulation provides a significant advantage even in EVs.

We know EAPs such as Valeo, MB and others are using software to process their sensor signals. If they are using Akida simulation software, this would be a way of enabling ongoing upgrading as the capabilities of Akida continue to evolve.

A cloud-based FPGA has been foreshadowed in the capital raise notice. Basically this will be a configurable COTS product, far cheaper than taping out and manufacturing a wafer, and, while no where near as efficient as an NSoC, it will serve for demonstration purposes (something we are copying from Intel's Loihi demonstrator).

The Brainchip university continues to expand its reach.

ESA and other space agencies and participants have endorsed Akida.

We have over a hundred engagements.

Yes - the NDAs are frustrating, but I believe the green shoots are about to erupt into a rainforest.

The extra cash gives a little more comfort. Sorry to see the BRI being expatriated and the research "standardized", but it shows our focus on LLMs, and will reduce some costs.
Thank you for this.

A clear eyed, unemotional and ungilded précis of our recent history and current situation.
It is far too easy to get swept up and carried away with our own personal dilemmas and seek to apportion blame for same anywhere other than our own inability to accomodate adverse circumstance.

As is often quoted in warfare but may be relevant in business too..........
"The German field marshal, known as Moltke the Elder, believed in developing a series of options for battle instead of a single plan, saying
“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength.” Today, “no plan survives contact with the enemy” is the popular modern abbreviation....

"Moltke the Elder, Churchill, Eisenhower, and, yes, Mike Tyson all knew that any strategy developed in a constantly changing environment must be regularly assessed and adjusted. They also know that failing to plan regularly is folly, as is stubbornly sticking to one plan or strategy in a changing, unpredictable environment. I have to confess that I’ve worked with boards that exemplify both extremes: not planning enough or focusing too much on the product of strategic planning rather than the process."
Excerpt from...
Strategic Planning: Moltke the Elder, Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, and Just a Little Mike Tyson

Strategic Planning: Moltke the Elder, Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, and Just a Little Mike Tyson​

By Dave Bergeson, Ph.D., CAE
 
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Diogenese

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Ewgh! This is what Amazon were doing with NNs in 2020:

US11435941B1 Matrix transpose hardware acceleration 20200624

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a memory array having an array of memory elements arranged in rows and columns, each memory element being configured to store a data element; and a memory access circuit configured to: perform a row write operation to store a first group of data elements at a first row of the array of memory elements; perform a column read operation at a first column of the array of memory elements to obtain a second group of data elements; and perform a column write operation to store a third group of data elements at the first column of the array of memory elements to replace the second group of data elements.

memory system 500 ... can accelerate matrix transpose operations to support neural network computations


[0064] ... Each memory element can store a data element, which can include a number, multiple numbers, or numbers organized into a matrix. In some examples, memory system 500 can be part of a local buffer of a neural network hardware accelerator configured to perform matrix transpose operations for the neural network accelerator. In some examples, each memory element Sr,c can include an on-chip storage device that is on the same chip as the neural network hardware accelerator, such as, for example, registers that operate based on periodical clock signals or SRAM devices. In some examples, each memory element Sr,c can also include an off-chip storage device that is external to that chip and that includes the neural network hardware accelerator, such as, for example, DRAM devices or HBM devices.

Amazon had not quite made it to in-memory or near-memory compute Instead, they have "just over-there-memory compute". At least their MACs are hot.
 
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“Can we be certain you’ll be around to support it”

Me myself personally strongly believe that the last piece of the puzzle has been put in place for the huge deals awaiting our battler to flow. I started a business in the 80’s offering companies a new materials handling solution. Even though they knew it was the way to go, before people like BHP, IBM, Woolworths, Holden, ADF-Army,Navy,Airforce etc would sign deals, they wanted to know if my little battler had the financial ability to be around to support their installations. I had to present them with a strong balance sheet.

The Nvidia’s, Intel’s, Tesla’s, Apple’s et al know that Akida is the way to go. They and the rest of the technology establishment have been tinkering around with second rate, makeshift solutions in a desperate attempt to stave off the day, and/or to find a way around Akida. We all know this hasn’t worked for them.

The ‘nobody gets fired for buying IBM’ excuse is also redundant.

They all know THE solution to power hungry, inefficient, insecure, real AI (and I’m not just talking at the edge) is Akida…nobody else comes close.

Now that our battler can present a solid balance sheet, they have removed the last impediment, the last vestige of reason (dare I say excuse) for not throwing their hats into the ring and going all out on Akida. The outcome for them not doing so will be mediocrity and demise, not something that any BoD or CEO will want to be remembered for.

For mine, the next six months will see the first big deals begin to flow.


Realinfo:, How well is you're crystal ball performing ?, and is it " AI enabled ? " Hope it's not near the EDGE, it might topple over.

Good thoughts and hope they come to pass, could it be that simple though !! Let it be so.

How well, did the above mentioned venture turn out, I hope it succeeded for you, or, you sold out and still made good gains. This last scenario could well be our savior for the battler.

I still find our investment really compelling/riveting even, and am hoping that the solution to our dilemma ( read: frustrations etc ) is just waiting round the corner for us to find still. The last illusive piece, we must pull out all stops and seek and find/succeed...


Akida Ballista >>>>> but where is this one critical piece/link to be found I wonder and dream of <<<<<

gltah


hotty...
 
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We have to remember, it's the journey, not the destination and haven't we all enjoyed the journey along the way?..

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Many times, we had thought we had arrived...

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Thinking we were the first to our destination.

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Only to have our hopes let down...
Is Sean the big moose?..



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Management only seem to have "excuses"..

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What are we to do?..

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Personally, I'm in until the real destination has arrived, or the bitter end.

The park hasn't closed.
The Real Destination is still in sight.
And there are going to be plenty of "fun" times ahead..


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