I wonder what jobs BrainChip was advertising a month or so ago.
I like it!
Evening Diogenese,Hi Esq,
I have a file on this from a month ago.
Researchers from IBM’s Zurich lab have argued that these recognition techniques could be improved by enhancing AI hardware. The goal is to use the well-known phase-change memory (PCM) technology to develop a new type of artificial synapse. The researchers employ a PCM memtransistive synapse, which combines memristors, a nonvolatile electronic memory element, and transistors into a single low-power device. This shows a non-Von Neumann in-memory computing architecture that offers various powerful cognitive frameworks for ML applications, such as short-term spike-timing-dependent plasticity and probabilistic Hopfield Neural Networks.
In-memory computing has become popular in the last year or two - an attempt to get around the von Neumann bottleneck on the bus from the memory to the processor as the processor attempts to retrieve data from the memory. Akida is similar in that the memory is distributed amongst its 80 NPUs (Neuromorphic Processing Units).
A phase change material is one whose resistance can be changed by applying a large voltage in one direction, and reversed by applying the voltage in the opposite direction. The change in resistance can be detected by sensing the size of the current when a lower voltage is applied.
IBM has been playing around with phase change-materials for over a decade.
US2010223220A1 ELECTRONIC SYNAPSE
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They are familiar with STDP:
WO2010133399A1 ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYNAPSE WITH SPIKE-TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITY USING PHASE CHANGE MEMORY
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They also claim unsupervised learning:
US11164080B2 Unsupervised, supervised and reinforced learning via spiking computation
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Even when IBM did summon up the courage to dip their toes in the digital neuron pond, they still kept a lifeline firmly attached to the analog neuron anchor:
WO2014080300A1 NEURAL NETWORK
"0016] The term digital neuron as used herein represents an framework configured to simulate a biological neuron. An digital neuron creates connections between processing elements that are roughly functionally equivalent to neurons of a biological brain. As such, a neuromorphic and synaptronic computation comprising digital neurons, according to embodiments of the invention, may include various electronic circuits that are modeled on biological neurons. Further, a neuromorphic and synaptronic computation comprising digital neurons, according to embodiments of the invention, may include various processing elements (including computer simulations) that are modeled on biological neurons.
Although certain illustrative embodiments of the invention are described herein using digital neurons comprising digital circuits, the present invention is not limited to digital circuits. A neuromorphic and synaptronic computation, according to embodiments of the invention, can be implemented as a neuromorphic and synaptronic framework comprising circuitry and additionally as a computer simulation. Indeed, embodiments of the invention can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment containing both hardware and software elements."
Like most of the NNs that I've seen coming from Switzerland, with one exception, they all use analog neurons/synapses. The analog neuron is a closer replica of the human neuron, but, in silicon, it is difficult to reproduce the neurons with sufficient accuracy, so that the threshold voltage for the neurons with "identical" inputs can differ between neurons. Analog neurons add the voltage or current of the spikes, but the amplitude of the voltage/current is not consistent between neurons because of manufacturing variations. Given that neurons can have hundreds of inputs, the errors accumulate to give inconsistent performance with analog neurons. With Akida's digital neurons this is not a problem because the digital bits are ON or OFF (1 or zero), and it was PvdM's recognition of this that has put us where we are today.
Happy Birthday mate. Friday 13th. Hope your name isn't Jason.Have a nice/ exciting/ wow Birthday FF. And well done. Good signs are immerging/spiking IMO.
Take care, It's Friday and 13th, so we all must be on guard.
WOW indeed
Akida Ballista as always
hotty...
Interesting but a long way to go:
“The team’s findings are more exploratory than demonstrations at the system level. While they intend to develop this method further, they also feel that the current proof-of-concept results already reveal substantial scientific interest in the broader areas of neuromorphic engineering — in computing and a better understanding of the brain through more faithful emulations. The devices are straightforward to construct and operate and are based on well-researched technology. The at-scale implementation, which involves tying together all the computing primitives and other hardware pieces, is the researchers’ main problem. The current findings demonstrate the value of mixed-plasticity neural computations in neuromorphic engineering. This not only makes, for example, visual cognition more human-like, but it also saves money on costly training methods”
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AKIDA BALLISTA
IBM, Intel and the rest are trying very hard to close the gap, lots of different ways of saying, we chose to go left at the fork in the road, meanwhile, our founder, Peter, some 20 years ago chose to go RIGHT...and history will tell us that he was RIGHT, our guiding light and that's the reason why he and Anil are leading Brainchip in the Brain's department.Interesting but a long way to go:
“The team’s findings are more exploratory than demonstrations at the system level. While they intend to develop this method further, they also feel that the current proof-of-concept results already reveal substantial scientific interest in the broader areas of neuromorphic engineering — in computing and a better understanding of the brain through more faithful emulations. The devices are straightforward to construct and operate and are based on well-researched technology. The at-scale implementation, which involves tying together all the computing primitives and other hardware pieces, is the researchers’ main problem. The current findings demonstrate the value of mixed-plasticity neural computations in neuromorphic engineering. This not only makes, for example, visual cognition more human-like, but it also saves money on costly training methods”
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AKIDA BALLISTA
I am just watching a movie and a male actor removed ear buds and I remembered Kristopher Carlson briefly referencing the ear buds he was wearing and the potential to use a node to make them intelligent.
It struck me as a bit strange and off script so perhaps it might be something for the 1,000 Eyes to keep in mind.
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AKIDA BALLISTA
Before I continue my search, I would like to leave some information for those who are interested, or clean up the browser a bit. At the moment KUKA uses NPU units from Siemens (that would be something) SIMATIC S7-1500 TM NPU and they in turn use MyriadTMX Vision processing units from Intel MovidiusTM.
I recommend this slightly outdated report for further insight
=> Industrial Robot Grasping with Deep Learning using a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
Happy birthday dearest @Fact FinderHAPPY BIRTHDAY FF!
Hope you have a nice day/year ahead
No official Announcement yet, but who needs Ann when we know the below;
Some of you may remember this post from Crapper last year, but I have added/edited a few so this is V2.
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one sec getting the info
Its a Flexifinger pulse crop lifter and the are all over the world one sec im just checking it.
It appears drone related.. one sec
APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY ROADRUNNER DRONEWORKS
TAKEN...WITH PHANTON 4!!! or with the Inspire 1. but still checking
for maybe agrinova quebec... still checking..
wait!!! Visiovitis!!! has the picture on their home page!
Indeed. Great idea,....could be combined with the $4.00 + party in the Big Apple
Ha, ha....... thats just so funny FF ! Lov it.Brainchip gave the world a sign.
Kristopher Carlson gave a sermon.
Jerome Nadel published a verse.
And all true believers turned away from the siren call of the traders and shorts on the steps of the temple while @Yak52 kicked over their tables and cast them out.
My opinion only DYOR
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AKIDA BALLISTA
Sorry beyond me currently! If someone here is working in a brokerage maybe.Yak52 might be the man
Here’s a toast for your birthday @Fact Finder, my 1st beer off the day after finishing a 12 hour shift.
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