BRN Discussion Ongoing

[SharesForBrekky]

Interesting read here about the water consumption required to run the data centres used for ChatGPT:

A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply | Fortune

“They were pretty secretive on what they’re doing out there,” says a former mayor about Microsoft’s data center projects.

fortune.com

"In its latest environmental report, Microsoft disclosed that its global water consumption spiked 34% from 2021 to 2022 (to nearly 1.7 billion gallons, or more than 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools), a sharp increase compared to previous years that outside researchers tie to its AI research."

"In a paper due to be published later this year, Ren’s team estimates ChatGPT gulps up 500 milliliters of water (close to what’s in a 16-ounce water bottle) every time you ask it a series of between 5 to 50 prompts or questions. The range varies depending on where its servers are located and the season. The estimate includes indirect water usage that the companies don’t measure — such as to cool power plants that supply the data centers with electricity."

"In July 2022, the month before OpenAI says it completed its training of GPT-4, Microsoft pumped in about 11.5 million gallons of water to its cluster of Iowa data centers, according to the West Des Moines Water Works. That amounted to about 6% of all the water used in the district, which also supplies drinking water to the city’s residents."

 

[equanimous]

Interesting read here about the water consumption required to run the data centres used for ChatGPT:

A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply | Fortune

“They were pretty secretive on what they’re doing out there,” says a former mayor about Microsoft’s data center projects.

fortune.com

"In its latest environmental report, Microsoft disclosed that its global water consumption spiked 34% from 2021 to 2022 (to nearly 1.7 billion gallons, or more than 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools), a sharp increase compared to previous years that outside researchers tie to its AI research."

"In a paper due to be published later this year, Ren’s team estimates ChatGPT gulps up 500 milliliters of water (close to what’s in a 16-ounce water bottle) every time you ask it a series of between 5 to 50 prompts or questions. The range varies depending on where its servers are located and the season. The estimate includes indirect water usage that the companies don’t measure — such as to cool power plants that supply the data centers with electricity."

"In July 2022, the month before OpenAI says it completed its training of GPT-4, Microsoft pumped in about 11.5 million gallons of water to its cluster of Iowa data centers, according to the West Des Moines Water Works. That amounted to about 6% of all the water used in the district, which also supplies drinking water to the city’s residents."

Next step is liquid nitrogen

Logical step is Akida

 

[TECH]

Good morning back in Australia,

Interesting reading comments on the departure of Chris Stevens, it's all speculative.

No one company revolves around one individual, everyone is replaceable, no matter what we may think about ourselves, choices are made
every single second of a day worldwide, we all move on.

Some may attempt to use his departure as a knife to inflict more shareholder pain, but in reality, we are on schedule, have a very stable workforce
whom all have the same drive and determination to see Brainchip succeed.

Nothing to see here, except an opportunity for some new individual (male or female) to take us forward.

Regards Tech

 

[IloveLamp]

 

[JDelekto]

Good morning back in Australia,

Interesting reading comments on the departure of Chris Stevens, it's all speculative.

No one company revolves around one individual, everyone is replaceable, no matter what we may think about ourselves, choices are made
every single second of a day worldwide, we all move on.

Some may attempt to use his departure as a knife to inflict more shareholder pain, but in reality, we are on schedule, have a very stable workforce
whom all have the same drive and determination to see Brainchip succeed.

Nothing to see here, except an opportunity for some new individual (male or female) to take us forward.

Regards Tech

Many years ago, at a company where I once worked, I was involved in a conversation with the CEO about tenure. He believed that engineers should spend no more than three years at a company lest they become stale in their skill set, and it was in their best interest to move on.

I will give him the benefit of the doubt that there were no other ulterior motives, like giving developers extra vacation time after several years of service or hiring new talent out of school at a cheaper rate after senior employees leave; however, I like to think that any engineer who enjoys what they do will be following new technologies and changes in their field nonetheless.

It's possible this individual is of that school of thought and maybe feels they need to rejuvenate their sales skills at new companies. There are two key takeaways for me here: 1) I would be more concerned if they lost a key developer who had in-depth engineering knowledge of the IP they are developing, and 2) provided this individual is leaving the company on good terms, they have an opportunity to share their knowledge of BrainChip with their new company, should its application be relevant.

Given that BrainChip has already had customer feedback that has driven the development of Akida 2.0, I would think that any potential IP sales agreements would be made notwithstanding this individual's decision to move on in their career.

 

[Learning]

November 16, 2023
About tinyML Asia

Asia 2023 | tinyML Foundation

TinyML Summit. The topic is advances in ultra-low power Machine Learning technologies and applications.

www.tinyml.org

Learning

 

[Damo4]

Oh no, I missed some weekend TSEx drama!

In other news I would have expected the revenue-growth-desperados to be quite pleased about our local revenue growth expert departure.
Also as VP of sales I would have thought a replacement would have been nothing but positive or at least neutral news.

Instead of ranting, I have funnelled my energy in to making shit memes.

Edit: Slow day at work so have some more

 

[IloveLamp]

Qualcomm's 'Holy Grail': Generative AI Is Coming to Phones Soon

The company wants its next-gen Snapdragon chips to use AI for more than just improving camera shots.

www.cnet.com

Summit attendees will get to experience firsthand what generative AI will bring to phones, but Qualcomm senior vice president of product management Ziad Asghar described to CNET why users should get excited for on-device AI. For one, having access to a user's data -- driving patterns, restaurant searches, photos and more -- all in one place will make solutions generated by AI in your phone much more customized and helpful than general responses from cloud-based generative AI.

"I think that's going to be the holy grail," Asghar said. "That's the true promise that makes us really excited about where this technology can go."

 

[Bravo]

Article published yesterday describing Arm's IPO.

This week in enterprise: Arm readies its IPO, antitrust bites big tech and caution tempers good earnings - SiliconANGLE

This week in enterprise: Arm readies its IPO, antitrust bites big tech and caution tempers good earnings - SiliconANGLE

siliconangle.com

 

[toasty]

Like to know who the named accounts are

Regional Sales Manager​

BrainChip
Laguna Hills, CA
Apply

1 day ago

Full-time

At BrainChip, we're at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The Internet of Things. Edge AI applications. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we're powering it all with the world's most advanced Edge Based AI Processor. If you share our passion for innovation and drive, we want to meet you. Due to our growth and need to fulfill demand, BrainChip is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to drive our IP licensing business in specified geographical regions. This individual contributor must be highly motivated and a proven sales executive in the area of IP licensing with a demonstrated experience selling through the semiconductor and systems ecosystem. A principal goal for this position is the selling of enterprise agreements within several named accounts and a broad geography, and in so doing create a means for achievement of the revenue target. This position requires extensive relationship-building activities along with driving engineering and product development to ensure the customer is obtaining the maximum value. To achieve this along with further adoption, the Regional Sales Manager must have strong skills and experiences in the selling of complex solutions in large and complicated customer environments. Responsibilities Drive top-line sales revenue in a named list of accounts, as well as a geographic footprint Drive adoption of enterprise agreements in the targeted named accounts to ensure long term relationships and maximum contract value Collaborate with global team members to foster a strong sense of community and information sharing among named accounts Strong focus on relationship building with executive decision-makers Guide prospects through a methodical sales process to facilitate decisions Ensure customer success Maintain accurate Salesforce information Travel as necessary to client locations (approximately 50% of time traveling) Required Skills & Knowledge Proven track record of exceeding sales revenue targets Proven ability to manage complex sales cycles Proven ability to sell multiyear enterprise licensing agreements Proven track record selling six-or-seven figure deals Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with executive decision-makers Excellent critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent communications and presentations skills 5 Years Experience in Artificial Intelligence, IP Sales, Semiconductor Sales 5 Years Demonstrated Success in Complex Selling Environment 5 Years Enterprise Account Management Experience Education in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, Preferably a Masters.

Sounds to me like CS has been made redundant - a re-evaluation of the sales function perhaps? I wouldn't be surprised if the sales function will now report directly to Sean.........after all that was his claim to fame coming in....... FWIW

 

[Bravo]

This is old news. Just serving as a reminder...

 

[krugerrands]

LMAO.. no champ... just NO....

You brought it up... own it.

Maybe follow the comment trail and you will see this was in response to a personal opinion that a female should be hired.
To be more accurate the exact inciting comment was "Personally I'd like to see some female energy in the position."

 

[wilzy123]

Maybe follow the comment trail and you will see this was in response to a personal opinion that a female should be hired.
To be more accurate the exact inciting comment was "Personally I'd like to see some female energy in the position."

Maybe stay out of it? I wasn't responding to that comment.

 

[Bravo]

Stumbled upon this artefact.

 

[krugerrands]

Maybe stay out of it? I wasn't responding to that comment.

If you want others to "stay out of it".... then don't have a spat on a public forum about nonsense.

Especially since none of this is relevant to BRN.

 

[wilzy123]

If you want others to "stay out of it".... then don't have a spat on a public forum about nonsense.

Especially since none of this is relevant to BRN.

Be nice to yourself and maybe stay out of it. Thx buddy.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

Sounds to me like CS has been made redundant - a re-evaluation of the sales function perhaps? I wouldn't be surprised if the sales function will now report directly to Sean.........after all that was his claim to fame coming in....... FWIW

I think "sales"has always reported directly to Sean.
He told me at the AGM get-together that his day starts at 4am and every Monday is a sales meeting to track strategy and progress.
He struck me as a serious dude who knows how it's done and what it takes having cultivated the skillset himself.

Sales, for people that haven't actually done it, looks easy from the outside, and a good salesperson tends to make it seem so.
And, like most skills or talents, some have an innate gift and other's have to work at it.

But, when you're selling something new or an alternative to an existing and evolved "works good enuf" product, there is an inertia that takes time to counter. You have to "be there" long enough to prove you're not just another flash in the pan that will evaporate leaving your clients stuck with another Edzel.
You have to talk the talk and walk the walk and prove your product with existing users.
You won't win them all in the early days.
Many promising leads will wither on the vine after you have spent extensively in time and effort, and you'll find out later that even though you had the superior product, they, or the individual representing them, where bought off by their big pocketed existing supplier.
Often you were just being used as a bargaining chip in negotiations for a better deal.
It all happens, and you just have to keep getting back on the horse.
Eventually you'll establish mutually beneficial relationships with some new players not already enmeshed and some older hands who are either disillusioned or disenfranchised by the extant "big boys" behaviour and you'll be away.
But, like the science fiction writer searching for readers, it takes time.

We have a product that was perhaps slightly before its time, but the world is catching up rapidly now.
We are more and more in the news and the hype train around AI is continuing to grow.
The techies and engineers have been playing with us for a few years already and we are establishing ourselves as a player in numerous eco systems.
Steve's moved on. Good luck to him.
Sean has another year of data points of experience to overlay on a candidate who can "sell us" to prospective users.
Bring on the new salesperson whose success will be both Sean's, and ours.

 

[Xray1]

I think "sales"has always reported directly to Sean.
He told me at the AGM get-together that his day starts at 4am and every Monday is a sales meeting to track strategy and progress.
He struck me as a serious dude who knows how it's done and what it takes having cultivated the skillset himself.

Sales, for people that haven't actually done it, looks easy from the outside, and a good salesperson tends to make it seem so.
And, like most skills or talents, some have an innate gift and other's have to work at it.

But, when you're selling something new or an alternative to an existing and evolved "works good enuf" product, there is an inertia that takes time to counter. You have to "be there" long enough to prove you're not just another flash in the pan that will evaporate leaving your clients stuck with another Edzel.
You have to talk the talk and walk the walk and prove your product with existing users.
You won't win them all in the early days.
Many promising leads will wither on the vine after you have spent extensively in time and effort, and you'll find out later that even though you had the superior product, they, or the individual representing them, where bought off by their big pocketed existing supplier.
Often you were just being used as a bargaining chip in negotiations for a better deal.
It all happens, and you just have to keep getting back on the horse.
Eventually you'll establish mutually beneficial relationships with some new players not already enmeshed and some older hands who are either disillusioned or disenfranchised by the extant "big boys" behaviour and you'll be away.
But, like the science fiction writer searching for readers, it takes time.

We have a product that was perhaps slightly before its time, but the world is catching up rapidly now.
We are more and more in the news and the hype train around AI is continuing to grow.
The techies and engineers have been playing with us for a few years already and we are establishing ourselves as a player in numerous eco systems.
Steve's moved on. Good luck to him.
Sean has another year of data points of experience to overlay on a candidate who can "sell us" to prospective users.
Bring on the new salesperson whose success will be both Sean's, and ours.

Good luck to CS ..... maybe he was head hunted by some other big fish ..... like always imo go where the money is being offered especially if it's a lot more than what BRN has/was being paid to him ...... and also consider that CS might not be willing / wanting to take on the new sales responsibilities and time lag commission's of the soon to be released Akida Gen 2.0 (E, S & P)

 

[Mccabe84]

I took the risk of buying more shares this morning. Shorts are starting to drop and 2.0 is due to be released soon

 

[rgupta]

Good luck to CS ..... maybe he was head hunted by some other big fish ..... like always imo go where the money is being offered especially if it's a lot more than what BRN has/was being paid to him ...... and also consider that CS might not be willing / wanting to take on the new sales responsibilities and time lag commission's of the soon to be released Akida Gen 2.0 (E, S & P)

To me management is also under pressure to deliver. So anyone not fulfilling the committed targets have to go.