Hi TFM,
I had the same reservation about the originality of the post. We always knew that Akida was processor agnostic, but that was initially in relation to Akida 1000 SoC.
This statement is about the IP for Akida and the IP for the M85. I think that basically they are saying that Akida IP is "a plug-and-play" fit for the M85. That is, the communications interface for Akida matches a communications i/f for M85 (just like the USB plug and socket, only in silicon), and the communication protocols (I2C etc) are also compatible without any fiddling around.
I was about to suggest this may be related to the 8-bit Akida 2, but the press release talks about the Akida family:
"(BrainChip) the world's first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI IP, today announced it has validated that its Akida™ processor family integrates with the Arm® Cortex®-M85 processor"
... so it is not dependent on the 8-bit version. (Didn't I read somewhere that the 8-bits related to the model libraries, and that actuations were 4-bit?).
All versions of Akida work seamlessly with M85.
It's a bit like verifying Akida 1500 in 22 nm at Global Foundries.