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[Yoda]

Just a comment on your post, from a lay person not in the field whatsoever, I have come to the firm conclusion that excess consumption of refined carbohydrate and its derivatives are at the root cause of this diabetes pandemic. Although this company is doing great work, I think we really need to have a mass education push from (WHO) of why this maybe happening in the first place.

I cut carbs out of my diet on 1 January this year and have lost 14kg since then - I've never looked or felt better. I have not changed any other aspect of my life including my exercise routine. It's carbs especially sugar that is the culprit not fat (I eat Keto - lots of cheese, oil and fatty foods). AKETO BALLISTO!

 

[Sirod69]

Today Cerebras Systems announced that we have build Andromeda, one of the largest AI supercomputers in the world. Andromeda delivers more than 1 Exaflop of AI compute, 120 Petaflops of dense compute, and has 13.5 million AI cores. Commecial, research and academic customers are all now using Andromeda to solve problems that simply can't be done on GPUs. In fact one of the first workloads was a 25 billion parameter GPTJ style model with MSL 10240. The 2000, A100 GPU cluster named Polaris couldn't do the work. Andromeda could. #ai #deeplearning #hpc #GPTJ

I found connections from Cerebras Systems to Arm and Qualcomm

Cerebras Unveils Andromeda, a 13.5 Million Core AI Supercomputer that Delivers Near-Perfect Linear Scaling for Large Language Models - Cerebras

Delivering more than 1 Exaflop of AI compute and 120 Petaflops of dense compute, Andromeda is one of the largest AI supercomputers ever built, and is dead simple to use

www.cerebras.net

 

[Bravo]

Qualcomm has officially launched (an hour ago) the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile AP for high-end smartphones which will be available by the end of 2022.

It says "the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will feature one Arm Cortex-X3 core clocked at 3.2 GHz, four Cortex-A715 cores at 2.8 GHz and three Cortex-A510 cores at 2.0 GHz. The extra performance core should give it an edge over the competition, at least in multi-threaded workloads, while being over 40% more power-efficient." It also states says " the improved Hexagon AI processing unit is up to 4.3 times faster than its predecessor".

Specs include "fused AI Accelerator Architecture" and "Dual AI Processors for audio and sensing".

Not saying it incorporates Akida this time around but I'm sure we'll get there one day.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 announced with four Cortex-A715 performance cores, Wi-Fi 7 and hardware level raytracing support

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is official with one Cortex-X3, four Cortex-A715 and three Cortex-A510 CPU cores, an Adreno 740 GPU, a new Spectra ISP, support for UFS 4.0 memory and Wi-Fi 7. Devices using the chipset will be commercially available by the end of 2022.

www.notebookcheck.net

 

[Sirod69]

BUT i GO NOW

 

[Iseki]

Renesas Electronics

We’re excited to welcome @ChrisAllexandre as our new Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, in addition to @VivekBhan as the Co-General Manager of our Automotive Business Unit, alongside @TakeshiKataoka.

Learn more about the unified sales organizational structure we’ve announced to better meet customer needs, including the combination of our Automotive and IoT & Infrastructure Business Units.
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we could read more at

https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/press-room/renesas-announces-new-sales-organizational-structure-and-executive-personnel-changes-drive-next?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=new-csmo-pr-corporate

While Renesas have licenced 2-node akida ip, they are pushing their own non-neuromorphic solution R-Car very hard, which contains Renesas' own propriety IP to accelerate AI.
They are a bit like ARM who have their own non neuromorphioc solution, Ethos, which they will push relentlessly.

The time to pop the champagne cork is when someone puts akida ip into a chip. They could put it into a renesas built chip, or an arm based chip.
But what do you think renesas or Arm would say to such a client? It most certainly won't be built by NVIDIA.

So, It will probably be designed at MegaChips.

If you look at the advances made by Alif semiconductor, you wonder if we shouldn't pay Megachips to manufacture a new batch of akida chips with the very latest of what we have.

This is my take-home quotes from the wonderful video from Edge Impulse:
1. Brainchip is so far ahead it's like science fiction.
2. You probably haven't heard of them.
3. Akida IP is best for high end linux systems, not microcontrollers.

Don't shoot me down. I'm only quoting what the guy said.

Let's do a CR and build the chip ourselves.

 

[Bravo]

Here's a link to a new podcast with Markus Shafer for our German speaking friends. Would be great to know if neuromorphic computing is mentioned at any point.

Moove (94) – Markus Schäfer, CTO Mercedes Benz: Werden elektrische Mercedes teurer Luxus?

Hat die A-Klasse noch Platz in der Luxusstrategie? Wie kommt die Emotion in einen elektrischen AMG und wieso entwickelt Mercedes noch immer neue Plug-In-Hybride? Entwicklungschef Markus Schäfer erklärt im Podcast, wie sich der Autobauer für die Zukunft rüstet.

www.auto-motor-und-sport.de

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

And here's something for our German spanking friends.....enjoy!

 

[Iseki]

Edge Impuls writes:
Developers participating in this year's NXP Semiconductors HoverGames Challenge can take advantage of Bosch Sensortec GmbH's AI-driven BME688 four-in-one gas sensor to build their sustainable food-focused drone applications.

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HoverGames Uses Smart Gas Sensor​

Nov. 14, 2022
Developers for this year's HoverGames can take advantage of an AI-driven smart sensor from Bosch Sensortec.

HoverGames Uses Smart Gas Sensor

Developers for this year's HoverGames can take advantage of an AI-driven smart sensor from Bosch Sensortec.

www.electronicdesign.com

Great!

The sensor involved can go into a raspberry-pi. see:

BME688 breakout board - pi3g.com

BME688 breakout board Bosch air quality sensor enjoying fresh air. controlled by you. With our BME688 breakout board you can easily measure the air quality, air temperature, air pressure, air humidity and VOC gas resistance. The BME688 sensor is mounted on our easy-to-use I2C breakout board...

pi3g.com

So does the akida chip.

@uiux , cometh the moment, cometh the programmer.

 

[Quercuskid]

I cut carbs out of my diet on 1 January this year and have lost 14kg since then - I've never looked or felt better. I have not changed any other aspect of my life including my exercise routine. It's carbs especially sugar that is the culprit not fat (I eat Keto - lots of cheese, oil and fatty foods). AKETO BALLISTO!

Yep me too, I reduced my carbs to a maximum of 14 per day and since February have lost 18kg, I have to have some carbs as a bottle of good red wine is 14 carbs (preferably a 2010 Barossa shiraz)!

 

[JK200SX]

I cut carbs out of my diet on 1 January this year and have lost 14kg since then - I've never looked or felt better. I have not changed any other aspect of my life including my exercise routine. It's carbs especially sugar that is the culprit not fat (I eat Keto - lots of cheese, oil and fatty foods). AKETO BALLISTO!

Love it! But how do you resist that one piece of chocolate/or cookie/ or whatever that eventually leads you down the path of eating it all like someone possessed, and throwing you off the Keto path?

 

[Build-it]

Dozens of containers strewn across tracks after freight train derails west of Geelong

Dozens of shipping containers have been strewn across tracks at Inverleigh, near the Victorian city of Geelong, after a freight train derailed early Monday morning.

www.abc.net.au

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) said it was working with freight customers on a recovery plan.

The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has been notified and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has taken control of the site.

The ARTC said it would provide further details and an update on when the interstate freight corridor would re-open once a full assessment of the area was completed.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's (ATSB) chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said a team of safety investigators had been sent to the site.

"They will also obtain and review any recorded data, weather information, witness reports, and relevant train and track operator records."


The regulators need to know the benefits of implementing Akida, I hope BRN can reach out to the regulators and provide the solution they need to implement.




Edge Compute.

 

[Deadpool]

I cut carbs out of my diet on 1 January this year and have lost 14kg since then - I've never looked or felt better. I have not changed any other aspect of my life including my exercise routine. It's carbs especially sugar that is the culprit not fat (I eat Keto - lots of cheese, oil and fatty foods). AKETO BALLISTO!

I've also had great health and body altering achievements over the years by cutting out carbs and following a paleo diet. I have fallen off the wagon a few times (back to consuming, in my case wheat) it all goes the other way and I look and feel like crap. I have no doubt that refined carbohydrates, white bread and wholemeal (dirty white) are predominately to blame for many of the health problems facing the world today.

 

[Lex555]

Qualcomm has officially launched (an hour ago) the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile AP for high-end smartphones which will be available by the end of 2022.

It says "the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will feature one Arm Cortex-X3 core clocked at 3.2 GHz, four Cortex-A715 cores at 2.8 GHz and three Cortex-A510 cores at 2.0 GHz. The extra performance core should give it an edge over the competition, at least in multi-threaded workloads, while being over 40% more power-efficient." It also states says " the improved Hexagon AI processing unit is up to 4.3 times faster than its predecessor".

Specs include "fused AI Accelerator Architecture" and "Dual AI Processors for audio and sensing".

Not saying it incorporates Akida this time around but I'm sure we'll get there one day.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 announced with four Cortex-A715 performance cores, Wi-Fi 7 and hardware level raytracing support

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is official with one Cortex-X3, four Cortex-A715 and three Cortex-A510 CPU cores, an Adreno 740 GPU, a new Spectra ISP, support for UFS 4.0 memory and Wi-Fi 7. Devices using the chipset will be commercially available by the end of 2022.

www.notebookcheck.net

‘Always sensing camera’ sounds like it could be us, could this be an event based camera?

 

[Slade]

I love Akida and I love carbs.

 

[Deadpool]

Just came across this startling video of a Tesla maybe malfunctioning????

 

[Quercuskid]

Just came across this startling video of a Tesla maybe malfunctioning????

Looks like it was accelerating rather than being unable to brake

 

[Slade]

I have recently had the thrill of putting my foot flat to the floor in a Tesla. The acceleration scared the living crap out of me. Best described as warp speed, the car accelerates faster than my decision making. I had no idea how fast the Tesla can take off. Do not try it if you have a weak heart.

 

[Bravo]

I wish something would happen because its a tad...

 

[Diogenese]

“The companies I mentioned before each of them won one of that”

Listen for this sentence. Even making allowance for his English language skills the meaning is absolutely clear and I am convinced Brainchip won the Know Labs Handheld Glucose monitoring machine.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

When the speaker introduces Brainchip, he draws a distinction between neural network engines which imitate the brain and neuromorphic engines which imitate the nervous system plus the brain, classifying Brainchip as a neuromorphic engine.

He then talks of Known Labs in relation to neural network engines.

On the other hand, he mentions machine learning in relation to Balluff robots, so, if I were a gambling man ...

 

[Slymeat]

Just a comment on your post, from a lay person not in the field whatsoever, I have come to the firm conclusion that excess consumption of refined carbohydrate and its derivatives are at the root cause of this diabetes pandemic. Although this company is doing great work, I think we really need to have a mass education push from (WHO) of why this maybe happening in the first place.

Nutrition is a pet subject of mine, I almost research it as much as I research the companies I invest in. Please excuse me for extending this non-Brainchip discussion, but hey, we have some time to kill waiting for the year of Akida (aka 2023) to roll around.

Although what you say is 100% correct @Deadpool, there is no way that WHO are going to vilify carbs. There is just too much money involved. Notice how shipping grain out of Ukraine was one of the “important” news items.

But then also, not all carbs are bad, and equally, not all fats are bad either. Moderation is the key.

Fruit and grains forming the base of the food pyramid has nothing to do with good health, and more to do with consuming products that were overly abundant, easy to transport, and profitable to farm.

The food pyramid was never about keeping us healthy. It was about making corporations healthy.

Eating too much (bad) carbs. The epitome of a 1st world problem. We tend to easily forget that more than half the planet is malnourished. But that is yet another 1st world problem. And yes, I do hate that phrase, but it fits so well.

We all know better, but we tend to reach for comfort first. It is the easy way out. Especially when it is just a short walk to the fridge, or even less to phone in a home delivery.

A little discomfort is good in so many ways. Your body actually needs discomfort, otherwise it forgets how to function properly. Healing is the first thing to go—it’s not just a natural consequence of ageing!

I practice intermittent fasting (18-20 hours a day of consuming zero calories) and have also done extended fasts - only 3 to 10 days (typically 1-2 per month, depending on duration). When fasting, I feel so much more alive and have more energy. I actually no longer like the feeling of being full.

For those interested in doing some research, it is amazing for your well-being. My go to expert is Jason Fung. First thing to understand is the important role of autophagy.