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[Dhm]

Hi @Dhm
The idea that AKIDA at the Edge actually facilitates the use of the cloud is not well understood by many investors.

Fortunately those who count in industry such as Rob Lincourt at DELL Technologies do and for those who do not it is very worthwhile revisiting his podcast with Rob Telson where he talks about the idea of putting some of the compute at the Edge to reduce what is sent to the cloud into actionable insights.

Then there is Peter van der Made’s many presentations where he speaks to the idea that fully implemented AKIDA at the Edge could reduce power consumption in the Cloud by up to 97%. He to is not saying no cloud required he is referring to the fact that tens of zillions of “0’s” (zeros) do not get sent to the cloud only the “1’s” from which action can then be taken.

Anil Mankar also has presented this on multiple occasions one example I vividly recall is AKIDA monitoring a carpark and sitting patiently, unlike Brainchip shareholders, day and night, rain, hail and shine waiting for some relevant activity to occur not sending zeros to the cloud to say to itself nothing, nothing, nothing burning power all the time but rather only when a human approaches the car does it send these ones to the cloud to action if thought necessary.

Many, many of the applications of AKIDA will involve the cloud but it will make the cloud more efficient and it will reduce bandwidth congestion by only sending actionable insights and in critical operations it can also initiate actions at the Edge at the same time as it interacts with the cloud.

Think emergency brake response while waiting for route guidance based on cloud sourced traffic congestion patterns while turning the aircon off recirculate when the emergency braking has caused flatulence in a surprised passenger to ensure the comfort of other occupants and depending on the methane level perhaps even open the windows for cross ventilation.

Note this accelerators compress data to achieve the reduction in bandwidth. They are however compressing all the data even the boring nobody wants to know this data so that when it gets to he cloud it still has to all be processed.

AKIDA achieves acceleration by removing the boring bits before sending the actual data to the cloud.

In human terms AKIDA is the person who gets to the point straight off when you ask a question.

Other technology is like the person who rambles on for hours and never actually gives an answer leaving it for you to work out.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

@Fact Finder 's statement above is of critical importance to our growth and to the continued servicability of the cloud for many applications world wide.

It is so simple. Only the 1's are relayed back to the cloud. It is suddenly freed up from all those useless 0's. Why had that not occurred to me before? Am I the only numnut here that only worked that out now?

Don't answer that question anyone. I don't want to know.

 

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u beauty

 

[Esq.111]

What needs to be kept in mind is that Mercedes Benz has achieved a first in that they have been able to reserve 95% of the available power reserves of the battery to run the driving wheels. A HUGE ADVANCE.

This is the real breakthrough and can be applied regardless of whether the vehicle has a wind resistance of 0.17 or is shaped like a brick with a huge flat surface being driven through the air.

Thus regardless of the vehicle Mercedes Benz uses this system in, it will ensure the previously achieved range of the vehicle regardless of its aerodynamics will increase because of more power being made available to turn the driving wheels.

The reason it has been able to achieve this is because of Brainchip’s neuromorphic brain like computing technology creating a car that thinks like you.

Future Mercedes’ Benz will not be optimised with special low resistance tyres, and body shapes achieving 0.17 aerodynamic readings. They will not be built with super light weight materials to the same extent

BUT THEY WILL

thanks to an AKIDA BRAIN TRANSPLANT be able to draw 95% of the available battery to power the driving wheels.

They will not even have to use the specially designed battery used in the EQXX as the AKIDA technology advantage will still apply regardless.

In fact reading the Mercedes Benz announcements I actually suspect that there are still gains to be made as they fully implement AKIDA and every one percent handed back to the driving wheels increases the Mercedes Benz EV range advantage.

My opinion only DYOR but I have no doubt I am right, technophobe that I am without any relevant qualifications, as it is to me a matter of simple logic drawn from all the available evidence.
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

Afternoon Fact Finder,

Great job .

I quite liked the fact thay managed to get the aerodynamics / drag coefficient down to 0.17 , which according to one of Mercedes-Benz earlier press articles, this is the equivalent to the slipperiness of an Australasian Fairy Penguin at the height of rutting season.
* I have embellished the last bit, obviously.

Thay did compare it to a Penguin, which I thought was pretty cool.

Great job all.

Good to see a GREEN day.

Regards,
Esq.

 

[Pmel]

Big orders gong through.

 

[ndefries]

Big orders gong through.

54M shares shorted at the moment. That is a lot to buy back if we get an annoucement soon. Seem highly unlikely the revenue stream will not turn on this year. A lot of recruitment overall and sales focused job advertisements for named accounts. Be careful shorters.

 

[Diogenese]

This is a link to a blurb from Prof Ryad Benosman, the inventor of the DVS event camera and co-founder of Prophesee.

DESIGNLINES
AI & BIG DATA DESIGNLINE

A Shift in Computer Vision is Coming​

By Sally Ward-Foxton 04.28.2022

https://www.eetimes.com/a-shift-in-computer-vision-is-coming/

The wrap up:-
...
“The problem is, once you increase the number of pixels, you get a deluge of data, because you’re still going super fast,” he said. “You can probably still process it in real time, but you’re getting too much relative change from too many pixels. That’s killing everybody right now, because they see the potential, but they don’t have the right processor to put behind it.”

General–purpose neuromorphic processors are lagging behind their DVS camera counterparts. Efforts from some of the industry’s biggest players (IBM Truenorth, Intel Loihi) are still a work in progress. Benosman said that the right processor with the right sensor would be an unbeatable combination.

“[Today’s DVS] sensors are extremely fast, super low bandwidth, and have a high dynamic range so you can see indoors and outdoors,” Benosman said. “It’s the future. Will it take off? Absolutely!”

“Whoever can put the processor out there and offer the full stack will win, because it’ll be unbeatable,” he added.

— Professor Ryad Benosman will give the keynote address at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara, Calif. on May 17.

Of course, one of the problems with event cameras is that, when the DVS is moving, every pixel detects an event. That is why Akida is needed to classify objects as movable or immovable, so that, to reduce the number of pixels tracked, only the movable objects are tracked and the background is deprioritized.

 

[Fact Finder]

I saw the post and article below from Adnan Mehonic on LinkedIn
I couldn’t see any real action in regards to @MrNick's comments so decided to follow up with an email to Adnan direct

I have attached the correspondence below. Unfortunately I am currently very time-poor due to my job so if someone (@Fact Finder perhaps?) could direct me to the requested info, I will reply to Adnan

Adnan Mehonic on LinkedIn: #neuromorphic

Our Nature perspectives article is out. Read about #neuromorphic computing - the need, the present and a possible future.

www.linkedin.com

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From: "Mehonic, Adnan" <adnan.mehonic.09@ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: BrainChip
Date: 28 Apr 2022 at 11:27 pm

To: thelittleshort , "Kenyon, Tony" <a.kenyon@ucl.ac.uk>

Hi thelittleshort,

Thanks for the email and pointing out to BrainChip. It is indeed exciting to see all the excellent development. The Nature piece is a short perspective, so we did not provide a comprehensive account of all companies and research groups in the field but hoped to stimulate more investment and coordination. We will acknowledge BrainChip in our future, more comprehensive review articles which are more suitable to cover the state-of-the-art.

I was able to find the AKIDA performance, but it might already be outdated: https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.ne.../217/1664/pdf/Quarterly+Update+March+2019.pdf

and here:

A Hardware-Deployable Neuromorphic Solution for Encoding and Classification of Electronic Nose Data

In several application domains, electronic nose systems employing conventional data processing approaches incur substantial power and computational costs and limitations, such as significant latency and poor accuracy for classification. Recent developments in spike-based bio-inspired approaches...

www.mdpi.com

If you happen to have the most recent review of the chip performance, please feel free to send it to us.


Kind regards,

Adnan

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Dr Adnan Mehonic, Lecturer in Nanoelectronics
RAEng Research Fellow

Programme Director, MSc Nanotechnology
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, UCL
Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE
Tel: +44 (0)20 3108 1116

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From: thelittleshort

Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 11:41
To: Mehonic, Adnan <adnan.mehonic.09@ucl.ac.uk>, Kenyon, Tony <a.kenyon@ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: BrainChip

Hi there

I read your article Brain-inspired computing needs a master plan and was surprised to see no mention of BrainChip or their revolutionary neuromorphic chip Akida

Have you heard of BrainChip? They are an Australian company with a offices in the US, France and India. I recommend investigating them

BrainChip have achieved commercialisation with Akida and already have an impressive array of clients including Renesas, MegaChips, Mercedes, Valeo, NASA, Ford, DARPA, TATA, SOCIONEXT, Biotome, NaNose, Noisy Gut Belt, SiFive, Nviso, ISL, Intellisense, Quantum Ventura

BrainChip boast a 3-5 year lead over their competitors


From the BrainChip website
https://brainchipinc.com/

“ Revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence At The Edge:
Akida is a revolutionary advanced neural networking processor that brings Artificial Intelligence to the Edge in a way thatexisting technologies are not capable

On-Chip Learning and Ultra-Low Power Edge AI:
Our solution is high-performance, small, ultra-low power and enables a wide array of Edge capabilities that include continuous learning and inference”

I look forward to your reply

Kind regards

thelittleshort

Hi TLS
Why don’t you send the above material to Tony Dawe I am sure if they are genuine about doing an article he and or Peter van der Made will deluge them with up-to-date facts and figure and removes the middle man and any risk of inaccuracies:

tdawe@brainchip.com

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Moonshot]

Intel Corporation Makes Deep Investment in RISC-V Community to Accelerate Innovation in Open Computing – RISC-V International

riscv.org

 

[Boab]

After hitting an intraday low of 86c this week its nice to finish in the green room. Happy weekend to all.

 

[Taproot]

I don’t have time to scroll trough. So sorry if it has already been shared.

Rob Telson liked this comment from Intel. (The notorious LIKE that solidifies everything) lol

Interesting non the less.

Intel + SiFive
SAN MATEO, Calif., February 7, 2022 – SiFive, Inc., the founder and leader of RISC-V computing, today announced the company will support Intel Foundry Services (IFS) innovation fund’s goal to build innovative new RISC-V computing platforms optimized for Intel process technology. The $1B Intel fund will support the creation of disruptive technologies to address modern computing challenges, with the Intel-SiFive collaboration aiming to extend the RISC-V ecosystem.

SiFive has partnered with IFS to develop a RISC-V development platform, codenamed “Horse Creek,” featuring a multi-core SiFive Performance™ P550 processor, and implemented on the Intel 4 technology platform, on track for availability in 2022. The “Horse Creek” SoC will enable a new generation of RISC-V developer boards, continuing the tradition of SiFive HiFive boards that have helped drive the growth of the RISC-V ecosystem.

We are pleased to be part of the IFS Innovation fund and work with Intel to significantly grow the RISC-V ecosystem based on SiFive platforms,” said Rohit Kumar, SVP Engineering, SiFive. “The unlimited potential of RISC-V is at the heart of SiFive’s leading portfolio of processor IP and will enable IFS Customers to build advanced designs using Intel technology.”

SiFive Partners with Intel to Spark Innovation in High-Performance RISC-V Platforms

www.sifive.com

 

[Taproot]

Intel + SiFive
SAN MATEO, Calif., February 7, 2022 – SiFive, Inc., the founder and leader of RISC-V computing, today announced the company will support Intel Foundry Services (IFS) innovation fund’s goal to build innovative new RISC-V computing platforms optimized for Intel process technology. The $1B Intel fund will support the creation of disruptive technologies to address modern computing challenges, with the Intel-SiFive collaboration aiming to extend the RISC-V ecosystem.

SiFive has partnered with IFS to develop a RISC-V development platform, codenamed “Horse Creek,” featuring a multi-core SiFive Performance™ P550 processor, and implemented on the Intel 4 technology platform, on track for availability in 2022. The “Horse Creek” SoC will enable a new generation of RISC-V developer boards, continuing the tradition of SiFive HiFive boards that have helped drive the growth of the RISC-V ecosystem.

We are pleased to be part of the IFS Innovation fund and work with Intel to significantly grow the RISC-V ecosystem based on SiFive platforms,” said Rohit Kumar, SVP Engineering, SiFive. “The unlimited potential of RISC-V is at the heart of SiFive’s leading portfolio of processor IP and will enable IFS Customers to build advanced designs using Intel technology.”

SiFive Partners with Intel to Spark Innovation in High-Performance RISC-V Platforms

www.sifive.com

Intel's Attempt to Acquire SiFive for $2 Billion Fell Apart, Report Claims​

$2 billion is not enough.

There are several reasons why Intel wanted to buy SiFive. Firstly, there are many applications that are beyond x86's reach that Intel would certainly like to address. The x86 market is limited to perhaps 350 ~ 360 million units per year. If Intel manages to get into RISC-V world early enough, it will be able to offer its customers high-volume low-power solutions produced at its own fabs several years down the road, which will greatly diversify the company's products offerings.

Intel's Attempt to Acquire SiFive for $2 Billion Fell Apart, Report Claims

$2 billion is not enough.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Evermont]

How does he know?

 

[Fact Finder]

How does he know?


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How would he know let me count the ways:

1. Ford is an EAP and work with Brainchip;

2. He read something on the web;

3. Always been a Ford man and anything Ford does is good by him;

4. He does not really like it but is being polite;

5. He is angling for a job at Ford;

Now which one is it do we think???

A Hells Angel motorcycle rider once replied to my request for him to confirm his full name and date of birth as it appeared on the riders permit he had just handed me:

“That’s a hard one mate. Got any easier questions?”

I think the answer was then and is now obvious.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[ndefries]

How would he know let me count the ways:

1. Ford is an EAP and work with Brainchip;

2. He read something on the web;

3. Always been a Ford man and anything Ford does is good by him;

4. He does not really like it but is being polite;

5. He is angling for a job at Ford;

Now which one is it do we think???

A Hells Angel motorcycle rider once replied to my request for him to confirm his full name and date of birth as it appeared on the riders permit he had just handed me:

“That’s a hard one mate. Got any easier questions?”

I think the answer was then and is now obvious.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

6. He reads this forum and loves messing with our heads.

 

[Diogenese]

How would he know let me count the ways:

1. Ford is an EAP and work with Brainchip;

2. He read something on the web;

3. Always been a Ford man and anything Ford does is good by him;

4. He does not really like it but is being polite;

5. He is angling for a job at Ford;

Now which one is it do we think???

A Hells Angel motorcycle rider once replied to my request for him to confirm his full name and date of birth as it appeared on the riders permit he had just handed me:

“That’s a hard one mate. Got any easier questions?”

I think the answer was then and is now obvious.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

Smith J - 1/1/1950

 

[Bravo]

6. He reads this forum and loves messing with our heads.

7. It has AKIDA inside it.

Sorry, someone had to say it....

 

[Proga]

Mercedes Benz have also created their own operating system to link Akida controlled sensors, plus possibly others, to the outside world (cloud) in a seemless, power efficient way. The mind boggles as to their forward thinking.

Mercedes-Benz Operating System, next big thing, Dr. Michael Hafner | Mercedes-Benz Group

Dr. Michael Hafner, Vice President MB.OS Base Layer & MBUX, explains in his interview, what makes MB.OS (Mercedes-Benz Operating System) the "Next Big Thing" and what Software-Experts can expect at Mercedes-Benz.

group.mercedes-benz.com

Great find Iseki. This is the full package MB are currently working on to be implemented in 2024. EQXX is only part of it.

In the field of digitisation, we focus on the seamless integration and harmonisation of software and electronics. This includes the development of innovative products and services aimed at customers' needs. The next big step in this regard is our internally developed operating system MB.OS as a direct interface for customer-experience features, which will become the basis for all future Mercedes-Benz vehicles as a unique and standard software platform. The MB.OS operating system will perfectly link the vehicles with the cloud and the IoT, and comprise four central domains: Powertrain, Autonomous Driving, Infotainment and Body & Comfort Systems.

They intend to implement it into every new model from 2024. Internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric. MB will stop producing new models of ICE vehicles after 2025. They'll continue to manufacture them while demand remains but only make minor updates. What I think will happen is MB will release new models for their entire ICE range in 2024/25 so every vehicle has the new MB.OS operating system moving forward.

My guess is Akida technology could be on up to 20 chips per car for an ICE vehicle and 40-50 chips on an electric vehicle. In an electric vehicle, it wouldn't surprise me if Akida technology was used in all four central domains. MB make 2.5m vehicles per year. Not a bad little royalty earner.

 

[Taproot]

Siemens + SiFive + DARPA

"With different SoC market verticals, such as automotive, IoT, 5G, Enterprise Data Centers, etc., we have seen a need to increase our collaboration with our CPU IP partners. Over time, we’ve built strong partnerships in collaboration with different IP suppliers to provide Codelink debug capabilities for those CPU IPs. Recently we have seen a significant increase in requests for RISC-V CPU support from the RISC-V community. In collaboration with SiFive, we have been able to add Codelink support for several SiFive CPUs. This is just one example. By being CPU IP vendor agnostic, it allows us to work with all the IP vendors to meet the customers needs."
Andy Meier, product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA

Scalable Verification Solutions At Siemens EDA

Lauro Rizzatti recently interviewed Andy Meier, product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA. Andy is a product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA. Andy has held positions in the electronics and high-tech fields during his...

zephyrnet.com

Mike Ellow, Executive Vice President, Siemens EDA, Go-to-Market and Sales, Services & Customer Success

I am pleased to announce that the EDA segment of Siemens Digital Industries Software is now the first EDA provider invited to join the DARPA Toolbox Initiative. Recognized worldwide for developing novel, highly innovative military/aerospace applications, DARPA is the United States Department of Defense’s research and development agency responsible for the development of emerging technologies.

Here’s where Siemens EDA enters the picture. Like virtually all major global industries, the defense industry increasingly relies on semiconductors as a critical source of innovation, security, and embedded intelligence. Because highly advanced defense applications increasingly require custom silicon to meet very specific requirements, the time is right for EDA representation in the DARPA Toolbox Initiative, and Siemens EDA software is expected to play a key role.

Siemens looks forward to further engaging with DARPA and its Toolbox community to help unleash innovation and enable groundbreaking new IC designs.

Siemens partners with DARPA to enable groundbreaking IC design - Corporate Blog

Siemens Digital Industries Software is now the first EDA provider invited to join the DARPA Toolbox Initiative.

blogs.sw.siemens.com

SiFive and DARPA collaborate to bring the power of RISC-V to Technology Innovation​

SiFive and DARPA collaborate to bring the power of RISC-V to Technology Innovation

www.sifive.com

https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/darpa-toolbox-initiative/sifive

 

[equanimous]

Siemens + SiFive + DARPA

"With different SoC market verticals, such as automotive, IoT, 5G, Enterprise Data Centers, etc., we have seen a need to increase our collaboration with our CPU IP partners. Over time, we’ve built strong partnerships in collaboration with different IP suppliers to provide Codelink debug capabilities for those CPU IPs. Recently we have seen a significant increase in requests for RISC-V CPU support from the RISC-V community. In collaboration with SiFive, we have been able to add Codelink support for several SiFive CPUs. This is just one example. By being CPU IP vendor agnostic, it allows us to work with all the IP vendors to meet the customers needs."
Andy Meier, product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA

Scalable Verification Solutions At Siemens EDA

Lauro Rizzatti recently interviewed Andy Meier, product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA. Andy is a product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA. Andy has held positions in the electronics and high-tech fields during his...

zephyrnet.com

Mike Ellow, Executive Vice President, Siemens EDA, Go-to-Market and Sales, Services & Customer Success

I am pleased to announce that the EDA segment of Siemens Digital Industries Software is now the first EDA provider invited to join the DARPA Toolbox Initiative. Recognized worldwide for developing novel, highly innovative military/aerospace applications, DARPA is the United States Department of Defense’s research and development agency responsible for the development of emerging technologies.

Here’s where Siemens EDA enters the picture. Like virtually all major global industries, the defense industry increasingly relies on semiconductors as a critical source of innovation, security, and embedded intelligence. Because highly advanced defense applications increasingly require custom silicon to meet very specific requirements, the time is right for EDA representation in the DARPA Toolbox Initiative, and Siemens EDA software is expected to play a key role.

Siemens looks forward to further engaging with DARPA and its Toolbox community to help unleash innovation and enable groundbreaking new IC designs.

Siemens partners with DARPA to enable groundbreaking IC design - Corporate Blog

Siemens Digital Industries Software is now the first EDA provider invited to join the DARPA Toolbox Initiative.

blogs.sw.siemens.com

SiFive and DARPA collaborate to bring the power of RISC-V to Technology Innovation​

SiFive and DARPA collaborate to bring the power of RISC-V to Technology Innovation

www.sifive.com

https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/darpa-toolbox-initiative/sifive

 

[Taproot]

​

Has anyone been down this rabbit hole ?

Aeva to work with Denso on 'mass market' lidar sensors​

Aeva, founded by two former Apple Inc engineers, makes a lidar sensor that helps cars gain a three-dimensional view of the road and can also detect how quickly distant objects are moving.
Denso is the world’s second-largest automotive supplier, working closely with automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp, which owns nearly a quarter of the company.
Aeva last year announced a deal with German automotive industry supplier ZF

“Achieving high performance is table stakes” for lidar sensors, Soroush Salehian, Aeva’s chief executive, told Reuters in an interview. “Achieving high performance at an affordable cost is the holy grail.”

Aeva Becomes First FMCW 4D LiDAR on NVIDIA DRIVE Autonomous Vehicle Platform

09.03.2022 - Aeva (NYSE: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced that its Aeries 4D LiDAR sensors are now supported on the NVIDIA DRIVE autonomous vehicle platform. Aeva’s Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) 4D ... Seite 1

www.wallstreet-online.de

Aeva 4D LiDAR Helps NASA Map the Moon

Aeva® (NYSE: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced that NASA’s Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knaps

www.businesswire.com

Aeva and Nikon to Bring 4D LiDAR to Industrial Automation and Metrology Markets

Aeva (NYSE: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced a strategic collaboration with Nikon Corporation, a glo

www.businesswire.com

Plus Selects Aeva 4D LiDAR for the Volume Production of Autonomous Trucks |

www.aeva.com