Exactly FF. These devices need efficient power and they will stand out with their edge and Secure ML capabilities. The question will be is it worth having the M85 if you dont take up Akida to realise this potential.
Yes I think what some do not understand is:
“ARM goes one step beyond the fabless semi: it doesn’t even sell any chips into the marketplace. ARM instead, designs IP (instruction set architecture, microprocessor, graphics, interconnects) and licenses it to anyone who wants to use it. ARM’s customers will then take the IP they’ve licensed and design it into silicon. These customers can be fabless semiconductor companies or companies that own fabs”
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So when an automotive ARM customer comes through the door they will say for example we have this sensor and we need a processor. This is our list of requirements.
ARM will then hand it off to their Engineers either in house or to their Ecosystem Engineers like Edge Impulse who will go through the ARM IP libraries and come up with a solution.
What was announced today allows those Engineers to pull out M85 and AKIDA and know they are compatible.
The design with expected performance numbers then goes to the Automotive customer who may then say sounds great can we see this working. Then Edge Impulse for example would provide the design to TSMC to have it produced as a reference chip or chiplet.
Once this reference chip is tested by the Automotive customer to their satisfaction they go off and have it made.
ARM never produces the chip but they do retain the rights to the IP and design and this is how the Qualcomm and ARM legal dispute has arisen.
My opinion only DYOR
FF
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