BRN Discussion Ongoing

[hotty4040]

Hi Dave,

Being sensor-agnostic, Akida is a jack-of all-trades, so it will be bumping into competition in many different applications.

However, Akida's versatility gives it significant advantages over single-purpose devices.

Analog circuits mimicking neurons are a truer imitation of living neurons than digital "neurons", but they are much more susceptible to the the manufacturing variations inherent in semiconductor manufacture.

Each analog neuron adds the currents from thousands of input analog neurons. While a few percent variation in current/voltage has no effect on a digital circuit, the accumulated errors in an analog circuit accumulating hundreds of analog signals can cause errors. A digital circuit only needs to know if the voltage is above or below a threshold voltage and the signal level is large compared with any errors caused by manufacturing variations.

In addition, analog neurons are not as versatile or amenable to adaptation and reconfiguration as Akida.

So, while Imec may have overcome the manufacturing variations to make their radar analysis circuit, this will be a one-off design, while Akida has a one-size-fits-all approach which can be readily adapted for use in innumerable applications, in contrast to the analog neurons which have to be redesigned for different applications. This gives Akida a significant advantage in volume production.

A terrific response Di for Dave and all of us 1000 eyes IMHO and totally believable. If, and I use this word advisedly, there would possibly be 2000 chips utilized in a single vehicle, then 10% Akida usage would amount to a considerable income I would suggest. My mind boggles if 100% of these were Akida $$$$$$$$$$ ( I mean ON THE MONEY in extraordinary numbers ).

Now this would In my thoughts ( ) require astronomical usage of aa or aaa batteries, one for each device including a charger for each one I suppose at extremely low power requirements.

Am I being at all realistic here with my comments ?? or just having another rambling moment.

I'm having far far, too too many spiking ( probably insignificant ones ) moments today, but hey, I'm just loving it. Keep this commentary rolling chippers. Excitement PLUS and more.

Akida Ballista

>>>>> Apparently 1 ( AA ) battery will run an Akida for 6 months - is this correct ?? <<<<<

As an aside, what would be the power requirements for all other IP, besides the Akida chip, if this is not a too " ridiculous suggestion".


hotty...

 

[Fact Finder]

A terrific response Di for Dave and all of us 1000 eyes IMHO and totally believable. If, and I use this word advisedly, there would possibly be 2000 chips utilized in a single vehicle, then 10% Akida usage would amount to a considerable income I would suggest. My mind boggles if 100% of these were Akida $$$$$$$$$$ ( I mean ON THE MONEY in extraordinary numbers ).

Now this would In my thoughts ( ) require astronomical usage of aa or aaa batteries, one for each device including a charger for each one I suppose at extremely low power requirements.

Am I being at all realistic here with my comments ?? or just having another rambling moment.

I'm having far far, too too many spiking ( probably insignificant ones ) moments today, but hey, I'm just loving it. Keep this commentary rolling chippers. Excitement PLUS and more.

Akida Ballista

>>>>> Apparently 1 ( AA ) battery will run an Akida for 6 months - is this correct ?? <<<<<

As an aside, what would be the power requirements for all other IP, besides the Akida chip, if this is not a too " ridiculous suggestion".


hotty...

Hi @hotty4040

The one fact I know which might assist in having a maximum number of AKD1000 chips or equivalent AKIDA IP is that Peter van der Made stated at the 2019 AGM while addressing shareholders on the technology that 100 x AKD1000 chips could provide all of the necessary processing power for an autonomous vehicle. Since that time we know one further fact and that is the final commercial version of the AKD1000 is 30% more efficient than the engineering samples of the AKD1000.

So extrapolating from that the absolute maximum number of AKD1000 or AKIDA IP equivalent would be 100 chips or less which depending what the 30% more efficient actually means could come back to 70 AKD1000 chips or AKIDA IP equivalent.

This of course assumes that the automotive vehicle manufacturer throws out every other piece of technology it is using and goes all in on AKIDA and as we have seen with Mercedes it seems that adoption will be a bit more gradual than this so inserting a margin of error of say a 60% reduction we then have somewhere between 40 AKD1000 at the high end down to 28 AKD1000.

Put simply more than 27 AKD1000 chips and less than 100 AKD1000 chips.

However this is much like the numbers in a real investment scam presentation I went to once at the request of a client. Anyone can take numbers and add subtract and multiply and come up with an amazingly attractive outcome however the maths may not actually reflect the reality and just as I advised my client not to invest in the scheme (which later was the subject of a fraud investigation and promoters being sort overseas) I encourage you not to believe these numbers as actually likely to come about in the real world. Gradual adoption may not see even 27 being used in the first production vehicles.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[thelittleshort]

Before my BrainChip tenure but came across this article today

Did much eventuate from the 2016 Joint Development and Marketing Agreement with Allied Brain Research?

Looks like they are into autonomous drones and the wording “exclusively onboard processing” caught my eye

#autonomous #dronetechnology #autonomy #ai | Applied Brain Research

ABR's Autonomous Drone Brain control system in action performing roof defect inspection. https://lnkd.in/gumNSrJT #autonomous #dronetechnology #autonomy #ai

www.linkedin.com

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Interesting who liked the LinkedIn post. Out of 22 there are six who follow BrainChip on LinkedIn

None of these are our usual forum members (as far as I know) so an amazing strike rate of over 25%

Very interestingly of the six, two work at Intel Labs

 

[Slade]

Our CEO Sean Hehir if you listen closely to his last presentation was asked about forward earnings predictions and answered that they did not do that yet but it is a matter which the Board has agreed to revisit at the beginning of 2023 to determine if it is still the correct policy. (These are not his precise words but the meaning I took away.)

So I would say in answer to your discussion point we are not running the company.

The company is run for the shareholders.

If shareholders do believe the Board and key management are not up to the job they can initiate proceedings to bring on an extraordinary meeting and fix the problem they see.

If I recall the numbers correctly you can use your 5% of the shares on issue or get 99 shareholders regardless of how many shares they hold, to vote with you and call such a meeting.

The thing is however there are quite a few sophisticated shareholders in the Top 20 holding individually or in combination with more than five percent of the shares on issue and I do not see them expressing dissatisfaction with how the Board and key management are running the company.

So I suspect even if you are truly this disturbed and exercised this right that you would not get anywhere.

All you will do is waste company resources on a non existent issue.

Clearly I do not see any merit in your proposal my good friend Realnfo so I will not be one of the needed 99 to make up the 100.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

Not sure I interpreted Realinfo's post the same as you FF. I didn't take any offense over it, and while I wouldn't agree to calling for a special meeting to address his concerns, I think it is quite reasonable that they be are raised at the AGM.

 

[Deleted member 118]

The future of high-performance computing: are neuromorphic systems the answer?​

 

[chapman89]

Tata have a job going, Principal Scientist confirming they’ll be working with Akida-

“Do you ever think why our brain does whatever it does so efficiently while consuming just a few watts of power?
Have you ever wondered how you can quickly identify objects, places, faces etc. irrespective of the time, light conditions, whether it's raining or snowing?
Or, how you can remember a song you have heard just a few times when you were a child - irrespective of whether it is played on an organ or a violin or a piano?
And, what if we could capture this power efficiency in our computing infrastructure?

If so, then this might interest you.

We are looking for fresh BTech/MTech/PhD students to join our Neuromorphic & Edge Computing team at Tata Consultancy Services - Research. At TCS Research, we have been working on the evolving area of neuromorphic computing as part of our research on embedding intelligence at the edge. Brain-inspired neuromorphic systems, coupled with Spiking Neural Networks, often referred to as the 3rd generation of neural networks, offer low power consumption, online learning from low data volume and real-time inferencing which are important in multiple domains such as IoT, edge analytics, robotics, healthcare, and space tech to name a few.

As a researcher, you will have the flexibility to explore new topics within the broad area, as well as advance existing projects. Our group boasts a strong publication record with main track, demo and workshop papers in NeurIPS, ISCAS, IJCNN, NICE. You are expected to have a good understanding of AI/ML techniques and the mathematics behind them, familiarity with Deep Learning and optimization, as well as some experience with reading and understanding theoretical papers on related topics. Familiarity with PyTorch/Tensorflow is desirable. If interested, please share your CVs with me”

 

[Bravo]

Stumbled upon this and thought it was a pretty good example of how open source collaboration seems to be gaining momentum. Also interesting to note the release date of The EyeQ Ultra - not until 2025!

 

[Esq.111]

Afternoon Chippers,

Thought I would try to contribute something to the forum.

Engagements & possible exciting events for the coming month of May.
* I dare say there will be others which I have missed.

1, 3rd May, BRN Podcast, No.16, MegaChips ( BRN Partner), Rob Telson & Doug Fairbaine chew the fat.

2, 11th to 12th May, IESA AI Summit ( India Electronics Semiconductor Association ) ,Driving innovation, Anil is presenting.

3, 12th May, Autosense, Detroit, USA, Anil presenting.

4, 12th May, Automotive Tech Virtual Conference,
Kris Carlson presenting.

5, 18th May, Embeded Vision Summit.

6, 24th May, Vorago, Space Tech Expo, RAD Hardened AKIDA ??

7, 24th May, Brainchip Annual General Meeting.
* Everyone needs to make their vote count, we do own a peice of the company.

8, 29th May, International Symposium on Olfaction & Electronic Nose, Aveiro, Portugal, Hossam Haick talking, NANOSE.

& last , but not least, something most if not all Chippers have been waiting on........

9, 30th May, F.D.A.A.A, (American Food & Drug Administration Ammendments Act.), Dianose, Covid detection unit, NCT04476927, Required Report Date .


Looking foward to it.

Big thankyou to all the Super Sluthes, Bloody LEDGENDS.

Regards,
Esq.

 

[Deleted member 118]

Joseph Soriaga, a Senior Director of Technology at Qualcomm Technologies, Discusses AI and On-device Continual Learning​

 

[Fact Finder]

Not sure I interpreted Realinfo's post the same as you FF. I didn't take any offense over it, and while I wouldn't agree to calling for a special meeting to address his concerns, I think it is quite reasonable that they be are raised at the AGM.

It is not a question of taking offence. I have sparred with Realinfo for years now. He promotes being a trader and I do not. We have sparred on this issue many times. He has clearly a sophisticated understanding of the markets.

I know that he knows that if Brainchip advises where income has been received from as he is calling for making it possible to identify it as boards, licence fees and or royalties then it exposes them to a request from the ASX for details of who, what and where did the licence fees, and or royalties come from thus potentially offending an existing NDA.

The fact that Brainchip receives royalties means there must be a product somewhere in the world. Even Blind Freddie understands that. The ASX by itself without Blind Freddie assisting would work that out too along with retail shareholders and wham Brainchip and its obligation to its customer is compromised.

He also knows that Brainchip’s former CEO Mr. Dinardo made the point that they are keeping private what they sell the chip for and licence the IP for as different customers will be offered different prices depending on who they are and the scale of their purchase.

He would therefore know that at this stage with limited income it would be much easier for a potential customer to work out what has been paid by others if these details he is seeking were provided.

Realinfo knows that the company is not going to provide the information he is seeking for these reasons. They are publicly stated.

Additionally as I pointed out he well knows the present CEO has stated the current policy and when they intend to revisit a reconsideration of what is disclosed regarding earnings.

A shareholder can send an email to Tony Dawe, ring him on the telephone or front up at the AGM as you have suggested and ask whatever they like about any issue.

Realinfo knows this better than most.

Why not do this? What is the point of posting as he has when he already knows and fully understands the answer as to why the company does what it does at this point in its growth and development.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Deleted member 118]

Afternoon Chippers,

Thought I would try to contribute something to the forum.

Engagements & possible exciting events for the coming month of May.
* I dare say ther will be others which I have missed.

1, 12th May, Autosense, Detroit, USA, Anil presenting.

2, 18th May, Embeded Vision Summit.

3, 24th May, Vorago, Space Tech Expo, RAD Hardened AKIDA ??

4, 24th May, Brainchip Annual General Meeting.
* Everyone needs to make their vote count, we do own a peice of the company.

5, 29th May, International Symposium on Olfaction & Electronic Nose, Aveiro, Portugal, Hossam Haick talking, NANOSE.

& last , but not least, something most if not all Chippers have been waiting on........

6, 30th May, F.D.A.A.A, (American Food & Drug Administration Ammendments Act.), Dianose, Covid detection unit, NCT04476927, Required Report Date .


Looking foward to it.

Big thankyou to all the Super Sluthes, Bloody LEDGENDS.

Regards,
Esq.

You’ve missed

Automotive Tech Virtual Conference - May 12, 2022

BrainChip's Kris Carlson is presenting "How can efficient, low-latency and high-accuracy inference be performed in ADAS?" at Auto Tech 2022

brainchipinc.com

 

[Esq.111]

You’ve missed

Automotive Tech Virtual Conference - May 12, 2022

BrainChip's Kris Carlson is presenting "How can efficient, low-latency and high-accuracy inference be performed in ADAS?" at Auto Tech 2022

brainchipinc.com

Evening Rocket,

Like I said , I will have missed a few.

Cheers, just added it to the list.

Regards,
Esq.

 

[JK200SX]

Evening Rocket,

Like I said , I will have missed a few.

Cheers, just added it to the list.

Regards,
Esq.

You've actually missed quite a few! In between each one, you need to add "New contract signed...."

 

[Deleted member 118]

Evening Rocket,

Like I said , I will have missed a few.

Cheers, just added it to the list.

Regards,
Esq.

Don’t worry we all suffer missing something sometimes.

 

[Zedjack33]

Afternoon Chippers,

Thought I would try to contribute something to the forum.

Engagements & possible exciting events for the coming month of May.
* I dare say there will be others which I have missed.

1, 12th May, Autosense, Detroit, USA, Anil presenting.

1.1, 12th May, Automotive Tech Virtual Conference,
Kris Carlson presenting.

2, 18th May, Embeded Vision Summit.

3, 24th May, Vorago, Space Tech Expo, RAD Hardened AKIDA ??

4, 24th May, Brainchip Annual General Meeting.
* Everyone needs to make their vote count, we do own a peice of the company.

5, 29th May, International Symposium on Olfaction & Electronic Nose, Aveiro, Portugal, Hossam Haick talking, NANOSE.

& last , but not least, something most if not all Chippers have been waiting on........

6, 30th May, F.D.A.A.A, (American Food & Drug Administration Ammendments Act.), Dianose, Covid detection unit, NCT04476927, Required Report Date .


Looking foward to it.

Big thankyou to all the Super Sluthes, Bloody LEDGENDS.

Regards,
Esq.

Thanks Esq

 

[Zedjack33]

Tata have a job going, Principal Scientist confirming they’ll be working with Akida-

“Do you ever think why our brain does whatever it does so efficiently while consuming just a few watts of power?
Have you ever wondered how you can quickly identify objects, places, faces etc. irrespective of the time, light conditions, whether it's raining or snowing?
Or, how you can remember a song you have heard just a few times when you were a child - irrespective of whether it is played on an organ or a violin or a piano?
And, what if we could capture this power efficiency in our computing infrastructure?

If so, then this might interest you.

We are looking for fresh BTech/MTech/PhD students to join our Neuromorphic & Edge Computing team at Tata Consultancy Services - Research. At TCS Research, we have been working on the evolving area of neuromorphic computing as part of our research on embedding intelligence at the edge. Brain-inspired neuromorphic systems, coupled with Spiking Neural Networks, often referred to as the 3rd generation of neural networks, offer low power consumption, online learning from low data volume and real-time inferencing which are important in multiple domains such as IoT, edge analytics, robotics, healthcare, and space tech to name a few.

As a researcher, you will have the flexibility to explore new topics within the broad area, as well as advance existing projects. Our group boasts a strong publication record with main track, demo and workshop papers in NeurIPS, ISCAS, IJCNN, NICE. You are expected to have a good understanding of AI/ML techniques and the mathematics behind them, familiarity with Deep Learning and optimization, as well as some experience with reading and understanding theoretical papers on related topics. Familiarity with PyTorch/Tensorflow is desirable. If interested, please share your CVs with me”

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Thanks Jesse

 

[Dougie54]

Afternoon Chippers,

Thought I would try to contribute something to the forum.

Engagements & possible exciting events for the coming month of May.
* I dare say there will be others which I have missed.

1, 12th May, Autosense, Detroit, USA, Anil presenting.

1.1, 12th May, Automotive Tech Virtual Conference,
Kris Carlson presenting.

2, 18th May, Embeded Vision Summit.

3, 24th May, Vorago, Space Tech Expo, RAD Hardened AKIDA ??

4, 24th May, Brainchip Annual General Meeting.
* Everyone needs to make their vote count, we do own a peice of the company.

5, 29th May, International Symposium on Olfaction & Electronic Nose, Aveiro, Portugal, Hossam Haick talking, NANOSE.

& last , but not least, something most if not all Chippers have been waiting on........

6, 30th May, F.D.A.A.A, (American Food & Drug Administration Ammendments Act.), Dianose, Covid detection unit, NCT04476927, Required Report Date .


Looking foward to it.

Big thankyou to all the Super Sluthes, Bloody LEDGENDS.

Regards,
Esq.

Bring on may,it looks and sounds like it’s going to be a catalyst to the future prospects of Brainchip.

 

[Fact Finder]

Tata have a job going, Principal Scientist confirming they’ll be working with Akida-

“Do you ever think why our brain does whatever it does so efficiently while consuming just a few watts of power?
Have you ever wondered how you can quickly identify objects, places, faces etc. irrespective of the time, light conditions, whether it's raining or snowing?
Or, how you can remember a song you have heard just a few times when you were a child - irrespective of whether it is played on an organ or a violin or a piano?
And, what if we could capture this power efficiency in our computing infrastructure?

If so, then this might interest you.

We are looking for fresh BTech/MTech/PhD students to join our Neuromorphic & Edge Computing team at Tata Consultancy Services - Research. At TCS Research, we have been working on the evolving area of neuromorphic computing as part of our research on embedding intelligence at the edge. Brain-inspired neuromorphic systems, coupled with Spiking Neural Networks, often referred to as the 3rd generation of neural networks, offer low power consumption, online learning from low data volume and real-time inferencing which are important in multiple domains such as IoT, edge analytics, robotics, healthcare, and space tech to name a few.

As a researcher, you will have the flexibility to explore new topics within the broad area, as well as advance existing projects. Our group boasts a strong publication record with main track, demo and workshop papers in NeurIPS, ISCAS, IJCNN, NICE. You are expected to have a good understanding of AI/ML techniques and the mathematics behind them, familiarity with Deep Learning and optimization, as well as some experience with reading and understanding theoretical papers on related topics. Familiarity with PyTorch/Tensorflow is desirable. If interested, please share your CVs with me”

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You must be close to getting an invite to TCS’s Office Christmas party. Yet another brilliant manufactured confirmation of Tata’s ongoing interest in AKIDA.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Potato]

Given the recent fluctuations in the market, i would say that BRN has held up nicely.
Here's to onwards and upwards next week!

Also.. this freakin war needs to end.... its going absolutely no where.

 

[chapman89]

You must be close to getting an invite to TCS’s Office Christmas party. Yet another brilliant manufactured confirmation of Tata’s ongoing interest in AKIDA.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

It pays being a “verification engineer”