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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 – Aeva

www.aeva.com

That rabbit hole has got your name written all over it Taproot!

 

[Dhm]

Does anyone here know what a cognitive engine is and if Akida would be best fit for one??

I also have next weeks Lotto numbers.

Edit: This afternoon I went across to 'that other site' and couldn't help myself by writing, with acknowledgement to the Late Piggy Muldoon, "when ever someone wanders over from thestockexchange toCrapper, the average IQ of both sites increases.”
Not much time later I was modded. The truth hurts.

 

[SALT]

Thanks Dhm, my cognitive engine is a bit faded. And those numbers ... could use more funds for BRN purchases. Didn't think anyone had a time machine. I'm in.

 

[Labsy]

Stupid question, how long generally will patents last. ?

 

[Fact Finder]

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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 – Aeva

www.aeva.com

I had a brief look a couple of weeks ago and decided because I knew that Yole had ranked Valeo as number one with 28% of the global market share their claims to be the leader cause Aeva’s claims to fall rather flat. They were were ranked six or seven in a list of 12 Lidar startups so even amongst startups they fell short.

LiDAR is a very competitive space and Valeo is the market leader and Brainchip have hooked themselves a shooting star so I say let Valeo worry about the competition but in the end they will all want AKIDA technology.

The global LiDAR automotive market is said to be worth $US50 billion by 2025 if Valeo continue to pick up 28% $US14 billion that is a let’s not get greedy Brainchip is going to be very well positioned even if only Valeo are using AKIDA.

Here is an article that refers to even Huawei are chasing this market:

The global lidar market share is exposed! France's Valeo ranks first: Huawei's ranking is surprising​

2022-04-29 16:38 HKT

However, at the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Huawei officially released its self-developed lidar products and solutions. The 96-line medium and long-distance lidar was the first to be unveiled, which allows cars to have rapid perception capabilities in these complex scenarios.

In order to ensure that Huawei's lidar equipment can meet the needs of huge manufacturers, after Huawei has quickly established the first pilot production line of car-grade lidar, it has also begun to plan an annual output of 100,000 sets/line of car-grade lidar. For the Pilot production line factory, Huawei has also made a direct statement about this. It will directly cut the price of Lidar equipment with a price of up to 10,000 yuan or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to the 1,000 yuan mark, because Huawei has already released To put it harshly, Huawei will reduce the manufacturing cost of lidar equipment to US$200 or even US$100. The cost of lidar equipment is also a core element of Huawei's consideration. It has been said that the cost will be reduced to US$200 in the future, or even US$100. It's 100 dollars.

And on September 2nd, Yole Développement, a world-renowned market research organization, officially released a report "Lidar for Automotive and Industrial Applications", which clearly mentioned the current market share list of lidar suppliers, the first level in France. The automotive supplier Valeo has 28%, ranking first in the world, while Huawei's lidar equipment market share has reached 3%, ranking twelfth in the world. Of course, once Huawei really beats the price, it will be even bigger in the future. The market awaits Huawei.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Diogenese]

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.

Hi Proga,

I agree that Akida may be used on several applications in conjunction with MB.OS. In fact, MB.OS may be being drafted with Akida in mind.

Added to that is a statement by MB that they intended to standardize on the chips they use, and remembering Akida's versatility, what better chip to standardize on.

Some applications may only need half Akida (Akida 500).

On the other hand, Akida's ability to perform several different operations in parallel (cabin occupancy video) may reduce the number of chips required.

But then there is the need for redundancy for mission critical applications, so, swings and roundabouts.

I certainly hope that there are more than 10. @$200 times 3,000,000 vehicles p.a. = $600,000,000 p.a. in a couple of years.

So, if a couple of other car makers are on board, ...

 

[Diogenese]

Stupid question, how long generally will patents last. ?

Hi Labsy,

Patents last for 20 years from filing. Our foundation patent was filed in 2008, so its got until 2028.

Most of the others, which incorporate many major advances, date from 2017 or later.

 

[Bravo]

Hi Proga,

I agree that Akida may be used on several applications in conjunction with MB.OS. In fact, MB.OS may be being drafted with Akida in mind.

Added to that is a statement by MB that they intended to standardize on the chips they use, and remembering Akida's versatility, what better chip to standardize on.

Some applications may only need half Akida (Akida 500).

On the other hand, Akida's ability to perform several different operations in parallel (cabin occupancy video) may reduce the number of chips required.

But then there is the need for redundancy for mission critical applications, so, swings and roundabouts.

I certainly hope that there are more than 10. @$200 times 3,000,000 vehicles p.a. = $600,000,000 p.a. in a couple of years.

So, if a couple of other car makers are on board, ...

Thanks Dio,

How many more than 10 do you think there would be? I will adjust the figures below accordingly once you advise what you think.

PS: I'm contemplating of getting out of foot modelling and into accounting.

 

[Fact Finder]

I had a brief look a couple of weeks ago and decided because I knew that Yole had ranked Valeo as number one with 28% of the global market share their claims to be the leader cause Aeva’s claims to fall rather flat. They were were ranked six or seven in a list of 12 Lidar startups so even amongst startups they fell short.

LiDAR is a very competitive space and Valeo is the market leader and Brainchip have hooked themselves a shooting star so I say let Valeo worry about the competition but in the end they will all want AKIDA technology.

The global LiDAR automotive market is said to be worth $US50 billion by 2025 if Valeo continue to pick up 28% $US14 billion that is a let’s not get greedy Brainchip is going to be very well positioned even if only Valeo are using AKIDA.

Here is an article that refers to even Huawei are chasing this market:

The global lidar market share is exposed! France's Valeo ranks first: Huawei's ranking is surprising​

2022-04-29 16:38 HKT

However, at the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Huawei officially released its self-developed lidar products and solutions. The 96-line medium and long-distance lidar was the first to be unveiled, which allows cars to have rapid perception capabilities in these complex scenarios.

In order to ensure that Huawei's lidar equipment can meet the needs of huge manufacturers, after Huawei has quickly established the first pilot production line of car-grade lidar, it has also begun to plan an annual output of 100,000 sets/line of car-grade lidar. For the Pilot production line factory, Huawei has also made a direct statement about this. It will directly cut the price of Lidar equipment with a price of up to 10,000 yuan or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to the 1,000 yuan mark, because Huawei has already released To put it harshly, Huawei will reduce the manufacturing cost of lidar equipment to US$200 or even US$100. The cost of lidar equipment is also a core element of Huawei's consideration. It has been said that the cost will be reduced to US$200 in the future, or even US$100. It's 100 dollars.

And on September 2nd, Yole Développement, a world-renowned market research organization, officially released a report "Lidar for Automotive and Industrial Applications", which clearly mentioned the current market share list of lidar suppliers, the first level in France. The automotive supplier Valeo has 28%, ranking first in the world, while Huawei's lidar equipment market share has reached 3%, ranking twelfth in the world. Of course, once Huawei really beats the price, it will be even bigger in the future. The market awaits Huawei.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

There are approximately 23.34 million $600 in $14 billion so if there was one AKIDA IP royalty received 23.34 million times at $3 to $5 a pop that is a tidy sum indeed.
My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

“Valeo, a Tier 1 supplier currently has an automotive-grade LiDAR (SCALA) for ADAS Level 2-3 capabilities. It is priced at $600/unit in high volumes and has modest performance in terms of range and PPS (Points Per Second, analogous to resolution in a camera).23 Nov 2020

https://www.forbes.com › 2020/11/23

Money For Everythin' - Forbes​

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[Diogenese]

Thanks Dio,

How many more than 10 do you think there would be? I will adjust the figure below once you advise what you think.

PS: I'm thinking of getting out of foot modelling and into accounting.


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Will you still need to take your shoes and socks off to count?

 

[Labsy]

Hi Labsy,

Patents last for 20 years from filing. Our foundation patent was filed in 2008, so its got until 2028.

Most of the others, which incorporate many major advances, date from 2017 or later.

Thanks a billion!

 

[Bravo]

Will you still need to take your shoes and socks off to count?

Yes. Why? How else am I supposed to keep count of that many big numbers?

 

[Diogenese]

Thanks Dio,

How many more than 10 do you think there would be? I will adjust the figures below accordingly once you advise what you think.

PS: I'm contemplating of getting out of foot modelling and into accounting.


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That's the old string question - although now the quantum physicists are talking about loops - or was that last year?

 

[Proga]

Hi Proga,

I agree that Akida may be used on several applications in conjunction with MB.OS. In fact, MB.OS may be being drafted with Akida in mind.

Added to that is a statement by MB that they intended to standardize on the chips they use, and remembering Akida's versatility, what better chip to standardize on.

Some applications may only need half Akida (Akida 500).

On the other hand, Akida's ability to perform several different operations in parallel (cabin occupancy video) may reduce the number of chips required.

But then there is the need for redundancy for mission critical applications, so, swings and roundabouts.

I certainly hope that there are more than 10. @$200 times 3,000,000 vehicles p.a. = $600,000,000 p.a. in a couple of years.

So, if a couple of other car makers are on board, ...

Hi Dio,

In fact, MB.OS may be being drafted with Akida in mind - I'm damn sure it is. It's the secret sauce which ties everything together.

Currently ICE vehicles use 200-300 chips while EV's use 3000-4000. I've used the 20 for ICE and 40-50 chips with Akida technology for EV's because as you have suggested, Akida may reduce the number of chips required. Wild guess. You don't need a smart chip to move a seat up or down, backwards or forward or on a mechanical drivetrain. An electric drivetrain however is a completely different matter.

They may need a chip to monitor the vibrations of the mechanical drivetrain.

 

[Fact Finder]

Hi Dio,

In fact, MB.OS may be being drafted with Akida in mind - I'm damn sure it is. It's the secret sauce which ties everything together.

Currently ICE vehicles use 200-300 chips while EV's use 3000-4000. I've used the 10 for ICE and 40-50 for EV's because as you have suggested, Akida may reduce the number of chips required. You don't need a smart chip to move a seat up or down, backwards or forward or on a mechanical drivetrain. An electric drivetrain however is a completely different matter.

They may need a chip to monitor the vibrations of the mechanical drivetrain.

Don’t know if this helps or hinders but at the 2019 AGM Peter van der Made stated he could do all the sensors with 9 x AKD1000 and all of the computing for AV with 100xAKD1000.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[TheFunkMachine]

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

riscv.org

And there it is. A clear cut connection between Intel and Sifive which is ofcourse now teaming up with Brainchip. Great find!

I can see a masterpiece being painted in front of our eyes

 

[Deleted member 118]

There are approximately 23.34 million $600 in $14 billion so if there was one AKIDA IP royalty received 23.34 million times at $3 to $5 a pop that is a tidy sum indeed.
My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Deleted member 118]

Yes. Why? How else am I supposed to keep count of that many big numbers?

 

[RobjHunt]

After hitting an intraday low of 86c this week its nice to finish in the green room. Happy weekend to all.
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Whatta wonderful close for a Friday. It seems the quarterly has been accepted for what it is.

Pantene Peeps. Haveagoodweekend!

 

[Proga]

Adriana, what do you do for MB.OS?

I am a team leader responsible for base layer development at MB.OS. This is a complex and outstanding system because, as the base lsoftware level, it enables the operating system to communicate with the control units in the vehicle - for example, for the power train, the multimedia system or the doors. The individual functions must be integrated very precisely. Therefore, a lot of know-how and teamwork is are required for the development. We are a completely new team, and it is important to me that all colleagues feel comfortable from the very beginning. That is why everyone, who starts with us, has a mentor at their side for the first few weeks. To facilitate onboarding, we also have our internal wiki and chats where we share questions and ideas.

In your opinion, what makes MB.OS so unique?

It is incredibly future-oriented. And with MB.OS, we are picking up on the platform concept that is widely used in the digital world. We will have one platform, one fundamental software system. This saves a lot of development time and creates freedom that everyone can use for innovations to inspire our customers.

Finally, a look into the future: What next steps at MB.OS are you most looking forward to?

The practical testing phase. We test our software extensively in the lab. Soon we will see how real prototype vehicles perform with our base layer. This live testing is essential - and it is a lot of fun.

MB.OS is next level from the EQXX. That only basically had the infotainment. MB.OS integrates the Powertrain, Autonomous Driving, Infotainment and Body & Comfort Systems into one central control system. And they haven't finished building it yet