BRN Discussion Ongoing

[Diogenese]

Hey friends - trying to wrap my head around this one from a commercial point of view, hoping someone smarter than I can help me (there may be others too?) out here.

So unless I am reading this wrong (or reading too much into the specific wording), we have been providing ANT61 chips directly? Does this mean a license would need to be purchased, or can chips be procured directly at $X a pop? And of course tack ongoing engineering and consultancy fees on top of that.

If I have mucked up and this is likely an arrangement through Renesas or MegaChips, my apologies!

More great validation of our product and as you can see from the LinkedIn post this has piqued the interest of others in similar industries which is great!

Hi charmander,

Akida was provided in the form of PCIe boards. Brainchip either sold or donated the PCIe boards.

Someone posted a statement by MIKHAIL ASAVKIN about vibration testing the boards.

No licence would be involved.

The licence is for the use of Akida IP to make chips.

 

[Learning]

Hey friends - trying to wrap my head around this one from a commercial point of view, hoping someone smarter than I can help me (there may be others too?) out here.

So unless I am reading this wrong (or reading too much into the specific wording), we have been providing ANT61 chips directly? Does this mean a license would need to be purchased, or can chips be procured directly at $X a pop? And of course tack ongoing engineering and consultancy fees on top of that.

If I have mucked up and this is likely an arrangement through Renesas or MegaChips, my apologies!

More great validation of our product and as you can see from the LinkedIn post this has piqued the interest of others in similar industries which is great!

Hi Charmander,

I think in this case with ANT61 is more so the validation of BrainChip’s Akida technology as the brain for ANT61 robotics.

We can see from the video, ANT61 is using the AKIDA PCIe Boards at the cost of around $800 Aud. So ANT61 may have purchased a few to develop their system or Brainchip could supply ANT61 with the AKIDA PCIe Boards for free and Brainchip could be charging for engineering fee.

ANT61 is also a startup and hopefully they become a commercial success in the future and acquire an IP from Brainchip. But at this stage I don't think ANT61 would have the funding to purchased AKIDA IP.

Hope that's answered your question. Other members can add to this as the above is just my opinion.

Learning 🏖

 

[dippY22]

Hey friends - trying to wrap my head around this one from a commercial point of view, hoping someone smarter than I can help me (there may be others too?) out here.

So unless I am reading this wrong (or reading too much into the specific wording), we have been providing ANT61 chips directly? Does this mean a license would need to be purchased, or can chips be procured directly at $X a pop? And of course tack ongoing engineering and consultancy fees on top of that.

If I have mucked up and this is likely an arrangement through Renesas or MegaChips, my apologies!

More great validation of our product and as you can see from the LinkedIn post this has piqued the interest of others in similar industries which is great!

And, to add onto Dio...'s comments, I see Brainchip working with a small Australian startup and helping them to meet their goals by providing Brainchips tech more or less for proof of concept purposes (from Brainchip's perspective). The least of Brainchips short term goals are licenses, IP contracts, etc. Ant is not (yet) in that position to move any needles revenue wise. But if this project goes well it will be a PR coup for Brainchip and Akida, ...and of course Ant. I see this as a total risk-reward gamble on Brainchips part in that they lose a few thousand dollars for the opportunity to prove to the Space industry that they have a solution that works. My opinion only. Regards, dippY

 

[charmander]

Hi charmander,

Akida was provided in the form of PCIe boards. Brainchip either sold or donated the PCIe boards.

Someone posted a statement by MIKHAIL ASAVKIN about vibration testing the boards.

No licence would be involved.

The licence is for the use of Akida IP to make chips.

Gotcha, thanks Dio!

 

[buena suerte :-)]

After a massive shake up this week with Banks SVB/Credit Suisse Struggling/Collapsing; very surprised to see such a great recovery on World markets so rapidly! ..... Good news! ​

Hopefully a GREEN day for BRN today​

SYMBOL	PRICE	CHANGE	%CHANGE
DJIA	32,246.55	+371.98	+1.17
NASDAQ	11,717.28	+283.23	+2.48
S&P 500	3,960.28	+68.35	+1.76

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Stock Indexes​

SYMBOL	PRICE	CHANGE	%CHANGE
*FTSE	7,410.03	+65.58	+0.89
*DAX	14,967.1	+231.84	+1.57
*CAC	7,025.72	+140.01	+2.03
*STOXX600	441.64	+5.19	+1.19
*AEX	727.06	+10.59	+1.48
*BEL 20	3,652.55	+22.64	+0.62
*FTSE MIB	25,918.76	+352.92	+1.38
OMXS30	2,125.24	+28.43	+1.36
*SMI	10,719.1	+202.7	+1.93
HEX	10,561.41	+61.48	+0.59
*PSI20	5,865.99	+53.12	+0.91
OMXC 25	1,721.24	+5.06	+0.29

 

[mrgds]

After a massive shake up this week with Banks SVB/Credit Suisse Struggling/Collapsing; very surprised to see such a great recovery on World markets so rapidly! ..... Good news! ​

Hopefully a GREEN day for BRN today​

SYMBOL	PRICE	CHANGE	%CHANGE
DJIA	32,246.55	+371.98	+1.17
NASDAQ	11,717.28	+283.23	+2.48
S&P 500	3,960.28	+68.35	+1.76

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Stock Indexes​

SYMBOL	PRICE	CHANGE	%CHANGE
*FTSE	7,410.03	+65.58	+0.89
*DAX	14,967.1	+231.84	+1.57
*CAC	7,025.72	+140.01	+2.03
*STOXX600	441.64	+5.19	+1.19
*AEX	727.06	+10.59	+1.48
*BEL 20	3,652.55	+22.64	+0.62
*FTSE MIB	25,918.76	+352.92	+1.38
OMXS30	2,125.24	+28.43	+1.36
*SMI	10,719.1	+202.7	+1.93
HEX	10,561.41	+61.48	+0.59
*PSI20	5,865.99	+53.12	+0.91
OMXC 25	1,721.24	+5.06	+0.29

There is "gossup" circulating that the US FED may initiate up to ............... get this, ............. 2Trillion Dollars for the whole banking systemn
............. not just the banks that are on shaky ground.

Possibly the reason for the "green overnight markets @BienSuerte

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Diogenese]

Some text for the busy folks (babies/operations/wow)!

The two that we've particularly that we have partnered with are BrainChip and Quadric, and we chose them for a combination of reasons and really in the end, the same.

Speaker2: [00:13:30] Number one, they both had incredible capability. They had, you know, the technical expertise and the performance demonstrated. We were able to demonstrate performance that was that was right at the leading edge of the marketplace.

Secondly, they had some real traction in the marketplace. They had been out talking to customers for a year or two already, had had significant customer engagements, and these customers were starting to get to the point of actually wanting to do actual designs with these products.

And third is that both companies had the appropriate proof of proof of capability in Silicon and the software support environment to make it possible to successfully integrate these the evaluate and integrate these chips or this IP onto onto ASICs chips. So that was a combination of reasons we chose to because we think they were largely complementary.

Brainchip is a very unique capability. It has on device learning can pair up very easily with existing processors to accelerate. Neural network processing can handle wide variety of networks and is also extremely low power. And so those were very strong characteristics that we had had had in mind.

This sounds like a confluence of opportunities:

"They had been out talking to customers for a year or two already, had had significant customer engagements, and these customers were starting to get to the point of actually wanting to do actual designs with these products."

"They" being BrainChip and Quadric had engagements with customers who were wanting to create designs in silicon, and MegaChips fits the bill.

https://brainchip.com/brainchip-partners-megachips-develop-next-generation-ai-solutions/

BrainChip Partners with MegaChips to Develop Next-Generation Edge-Based AI Solutions​

Laguna Hills, Calif. – November 21, 2021 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN), (OTCQX: BCHPY) a leading provider of ultra-low power high performance artificial intelligence technology and the world’s first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI chips and IP, today announced that MegaChips, a pioneer in the ASIC industry, has licensed BrainChip Akida™ IP to enhance and grow its technology positioning for next-generation, Edge-based AI solutions.

A multibillion-dollar global fabless semiconductor company based in Japan, MegaChips provides chip solutions that fulfill various requirements, including low power consumption, cost and time to market, while achieving breakthrough functions and performance by fusing knowledge of Large Scale Integrations and applications for problems in device development. By partnering with BrainChip, MegaChips is able to quickly and easily maintain its industry innovator status by supplying solutions and applications that leverage the Akida revolutionary technology in markets such as automotive, IoT, cameras, gaming and industrial robotics.

“As a trusted and loyal partner to market leaders, we deliver the technology and expertise they need to ensure products are uniquely designed for their customers and engineered for ultimate performance,” said Tetsuo Hikawa, President and CEO of MegaChips. “Working with BrainChip and incorporating their Akida technology into our ASIC solutions service, we are better able to handle the development and support processes needed to design and manufacture integrated circuits and systems on chips that can take advantage of AI at the Edge.”

BrainChip’s Akida technology brings artificial intelligence to the edge in a way that existing technologies are not capable. The solution is high-performance, small, ultra-low power and enables a wide array of edge capabilities. Due to its flexibility and scalability, the Akida (NSoC) and intellectual property can be used in applications including Smart Home, Smart Health, Smart City and Smart Transportation. These applications include but are not limited to home automation and remote controls, industrial IoT, robotics, security cameras, sensors, unmanned aircraft, autonomous vehicles, medical instruments, object detection, sound detection, odor and taste detection, gesture control and cybersecurity.

“The MegaChips and BrainChip partnership furthers both company’s missions to push boundaries and offer unprecedented products,” said Rob Telson, BrainChip VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. “By providing Akida’s on-chip learning and ultra-low power Edge AI capabilities as an integrated technology in MegaChips’ ASIC solutions, we are able to deliver a cascading array of benefits to cutting-edge products that not only ensure power efficiency without compromising outcomes but can run autonomously for incremental learning without the need to go back and forth to the cloud. This is an exciting collaboration from both a business perspective as well as from an industry-altering aspect.”

So this is a symbiotic relationship:

BrainChip has the Akida IP,
BrainChip has customers wanting to incorporate Akida IP into their products,
MegaChips has expertise in LSI ASIC chip production,
MegaChips takes a licence to incorporate Akida IP into ASICs,
BrainChip refers customers to MegaChips to produce ASICs including Akida IP for the customers,
MegaChips produces ASICs including Akida IP for BrainChip customers,
MegaChips pays royalties to BrainChip for the ASICs produced including Akida IP.

The last year or so has not been conducive to expansion in the semiconductor industry (government subsidies aside), but the MegaChips statement cited by @stuart888 shows that there is a backlog of chips to be produced and that it has been over 12 months in the pipeline. I suggest you stand away from the end of the pipe.

 

[Diogenese]

After a massive shake up this week with Banks SVB/Credit Suisse Struggling/Collapsing; very surprised to see such a great recovery on World markets so rapidly! ..... Good news! ​

Hopefully a GREEN day for BRN today​

SYMBOL	PRICE	CHANGE	%CHANGE
DJIA	32,246.55	+371.98	+1.17
NASDAQ	11,717.28	+283.23	+2.48
S&P 500	3,960.28	+68.35	+1.76

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​

Stock Indexes​

SYMBOL	PRICE	CHANGE	%CHANGE
*FTSE	7,410.03	+65.58	+0.89
*DAX	14,967.1	+231.84	+1.57
*CAC	7,025.72	+140.01	+2.03
*STOXX600	441.64	+5.19	+1.19
*AEX	727.06	+10.59	+1.48
*BEL 20	3,652.55	+22.64	+0.62
*FTSE MIB	25,918.76	+352.92	+1.38
OMXS30	2,125.24	+28.43	+1.36
*SMI	10,719.1	+202.7	+1.93
HEX	10,561.41	+61.48	+0.59
*PSI20	5,865.99	+53.12	+0.91
OMXC 25	1,721.24	+5.06	+0.29

The Eu bail-out for Credit Suisse seems to have steadied the ship.

 

[mrgds]

It has certainly has!!

European shares jump as Credit Suisse bailout offsets ECB rate hike​

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Switzerland's radical pledge to bankroll Credit Suisse Group AG has won the embattled lender the chance to resurrect itself from an almost complete collapse in confidence that rattled global markets.

The move, tantamount to a blank cheque from one of the globe's leading central banks, is reminiscent of the promise by European Central Bank Mario Draghi to do whatever it takes to support the euro during the financial crash more than a decade ago.

Heres the link i heard




AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[mrgds]

Have a go at the sell side orders, ........................COMMSUC/ ASX/ASIC ................... YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BaconLover]

2 Trillion Dollars for the whole banking system

That should fix the inflation issue too.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea and they decided to go with the devil.

 

[mrgds]

That should fix the inflation issue too.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea and they decided to go with the devil.

Love the GIF, ...................... sooooo appropriate BL


AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Foxdog]

The Eu bail-out for Credit Suisse seems to have steadied the ship.

Wish I could get a bail-out everytime I stuff up an investment. Zero accountability for these banks who are supposedly at the pinnacle of the financial system. This is the same system that allows short selling.....Bloody disgraceful if you ask me.

 

[BaconLover]

Love the GIF, ...................... sooooo appropriate BL


AKIDA BALLISTA

I understand there are other arguments, but I am not a big fan of ''saving'' these banks (or any business for that matter ... cough...... *Qantarse*...... cough) using public/taxpayers money.
Obviously they will use the money, and any profits they make will go to the shareholders and C levels get multi millions as compensation for ''saving'' the institution.

 

[Steve10]

STM video released a few hours ago.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

That should fix the inflation issue too.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea and they decided to go with the devil.

 

[dippY22]

There is "gossup" circulating that the US FED may initiate up to ............... get this, ............. 2Trillion Dollars for the whole banking systemn
............. not just the banks that are on shaky ground.

Possibly the reason for the "green overnight markets @BienSuerte

AKIDA BALLISTA

Maybe,...... but more immediately impactful is the fact that 5 top U.S. banks have stepped up to contibute billions (30 +) to Silicon Valley Bank which is huge. Feds can exhale, for the time being, as a result.

 

[Tuliptrader]

Fantastic endorsement of the Brainchip Edge AI/ML. A must listen to, after the first 3-minute background stuff.

Megachips is really going after Edge AI hardcore, reinforcing what we know. To hear the words praising the Brainchip smarts over and over!

When asked what are the growth apps happening now?

1) Wearables (headphones, earpods, medical patches that monitor body conditions in real time).
2) Security (he did not elaborate).
3) Industrial (robotics, anomaly detection).
4) Automotive (lots of apps, just slower implementation time).

Supporting 4 foundries, plus other tidbits. I wish it had a transcript.

Thanks a bunch Mr @Rocket577 for a really enjoyable 20 minutes Brainchip love fest.

If you are looking for confirmation of the magnitude of Megchips signing with Brainchip this podcast provides it.

Thanks @Rocket577 and @stuart888

TT

 

[Deleted member 118]

If you are looking for confirmation of the magnitude of Megchips signing with Brainchip this podcast provides it.

Thanks @Rocket577 and @stuart888

TT

It did make my ears prick up when I listened to it and it’s probably one off only a few that I have managed to listen to the bits in the middle.

 

[Bravo]

Forgive me if I sound like a broken record because everyone who doesn't live under a rock knows about my unhealthy obsession with Cerence and everyone knows that "Cerence's Immersive Companion" for in-car voice assistant is going to be rolled out in FY23/24 and everyone knows that I would be shocked and smack-gobbed( (thanks for that one @Diogense) if it didn't involve AKIDA in some way.

So, obviously I'm eager to share this news release hot off the press.

Optimized for the in-car experience, advanced biometric capabilities in Cerence Assistant empower drivers and passengers with safe, secure interactions​

Cerence has introduced its next-generation, AI-powered biometrics engine in Cerence Assistant

• March 16, 2023

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Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC), AI for a world in motion, today introduced its next-generation, AI-powered biometrics engine in Cerence Assistant, providing enhanced personalization and security capabilities for the mobility experience. Powered by the latest advances in AI, Cerence Voice Biometrics is now more accurate at creating driver profiles; identifying who is speaking; and enabling deeper opportunities for safe, secure, and individualized interactions with the in-car assistant.
Available across a multitude of global languages, Cerence’s next-generation biometrics solution is optimized for automotive and mobility use cases, putting the user at the forefront with a frictionless experience, providing the highest identification accuracies in a low-footprint, embedded solution. Going beyond voice, multimodal cabin biometrics are designed to support multimodal identification throughout the cabin, offering a more convenient and secure identification and authorization process. This allows users to automatically log in to their preferred biometric modality and configure step-up authentication for sensitive tasks, providing a frictionless authentication and authorization solution that can adapt based on context. For example, drivers can identify themselves with facial recognition when starting the car, and authorize a payment with their voice while on the road.
Architected to be embedded within the car for security and convenience, Cerence Voice Biometrics is core to Cerence’s multimodal biometrics capabilities, powering a range of authenticated, personalized experiences, including:

• Transparent, proactive enrollment and easy sign-in – The in-car assistant can learn speakers and their unique voices with only a few interactions and proactively offer to create a voiceprint once enough voice data has been gathered. This eliminates the need for drivers and each of their passengers to set up personal profiles with prescriptive phrases. From there, each time users enter the car, they are authenticated upon their first interaction with the voice assistant, whether it’s “Good morning, Cerence,” or “Drive me to the office.”
• Authenticated interaction from outside the car – Cerence Exterior Vehicle Interaction (EVI) is a suite of AI and voice-powered innovations that enables drivers to interact with their cars from the outside. To maintain safety and security, Cerence EVC now also leverages voice biometrics to limit certain capabilities to approved users only. For example, for security-relevant functions such as unlocking the car or opening the trunk, Cerence Voice Biometrics verifies the speaker’s identity to provide an additional level of protection and security.
• Convenient and secure payments – When integrated with in-car commerce apps, Cerence Voice Biometrics is a powerful tool for authorizing payments with no extra legwork by the user. Perfect while driving, your voice interaction is passively verified, offering an uninterrupted, secure transaction.
• Next-level control – Using the technology’s age detection capabilities, in-car assistants can offer parental controls to voice interactions, limiting what functions children can activate and what content they can access, including ensuring safe web searches in the car via Cerence Browse. Similarly, smart-home connectivity commands such as “Open the garage door” can be restricted by driver profile, user, age and speaker identity.
• Easy language switch – Using Cerence Voice Biometrics, Cerence Assistant can automatically adapt the dialogue and infotainment system language to match the user’s spoken language. This allows users to interact naturally with the in-car assistant, providing a seamless and personalized experience.

“Biometrics is a critical piece of virtual assistant interaction, especially in cases where multiple users are interacting with a single assistant,” said Prateek Kathpal, Chief Technology Officer, Cerence. “Our next-generation biometrics engine in Cerence Assistant represents an important step in our ability to serve automakers and their drivers with a AI-powered, frictionless experience that takes minimal effort from the user but provides maximum impact in terms of personalization and security.”
Several major global automakers have signed on to deploy Cerence Voice Biometrics in their cars. For more information about Cerence biometrics, visit https://www.cerence.com/cerence-products/core-technologies. To learn more about Cerence, visit www.cerence.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn and Twitter.
SOURCE: Cerence

Optimized for the in-car experience, advanced biometric capabilities in Cerence Assistant empower drivers and passengers with safe, secure interactions | Automotive World

Cerence has introduced its next-generation, AI-powered biometrics engine in Cerence Assistant

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