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[Diogenese]

Hi @Diogenese,

Have you by any chance had a moment to look into Rebellions Inc's patents?

Rebellions have chosen Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP for their new NPU.

Arteris and Arm are partners. BrainChip and Arm are partners. BrainChip's Chairman Mr Antonio Viana is also currently serving on the Board of Directors at Arteris.

Here's hoping you'll hit me up with some good news, rather than hitting me over the noggin with your ogre club.

Rebellions Selects Arteris for Its Next-Generation Neural Processing Unit Aimed at Generative AI​

Arteris’ FlexNoC interconnect IP and Magillem SoC integration software enable superior performance and efficient customization of AI inference chips for the emerging Generative AI market and other AI applications​

April 09, 2024 08:45 ET| Source: Arteris, Inc.Follow

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CAMPBELL, Calif., April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arteris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIP), a leading provider of system IP which accelerates system-on-chip (SoC) creation, today announced that Rebellions, a pioneering AI semiconductor startup, will deploy FlexNoC interconnect IP plus Magillem Connectivity and Magillem Registers for its next-generation AI Hardware Accelerator Neural Processing Unit. The combination of Rebellions AI technology with Arteris’ system IP will provide maximum flexibility and energy efficiency, and enable companies to create powerful, cost-efficient AI hardware at scale.
Rebellions’ products increase data execution with minimum power consumption. They are addressing the needs of latency-critical AI inference applications from Generative AI and Large Language Models, supporting finance and cloud computing industries with their cutting-edge chips. Rebellions is also developing its next-generation chip in collaboration with Samsung.
“We selected Arteris interconnect IP technology and SoC integration software to optimize product performance, minimize latency and accelerate the creation and delivery of our AI accelerator,” said Park SungHyun, CEO of Rebellions. “Arteris is a leader in system IP and their FlexNoC interconnect IP and Magillem software are synergistic with our vision for the future of AI computing.”
“The market for AI, including Generative AI applications, is exploding and optimized data flow and execution is paramount for complex computations,” said K. Charles Janac, president and CEO of Arteris. “Our silicon-proven IP coupled with our SoC integration automation software will support Rebellions in delivering high-performing, energy-efficient AI products with aggressive time-to-market targets. We are very pleased to work with such a visionary AI startup.“
Arteris’ FlexNoC network-on-chip interconnect IP provides scalability, low latency and power-efficient on-chip communication for superior performance. Arteris’ Magillem Connectivity combined with Magillem Registers software automates semiconductor design flows, boosting productivity and improving quality with early error detection. Arteris system IP products enable fast, flexible and energy-efficient SoC creation, meeting the performance and schedule needs in the most demanding markets.
About Arteris
Arteris is a leading provider of system IP for the acceleration of system-on-chip (SoC) development across today’s electronic systems. Arteris network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP and SoC integration technology enable higher product performance with lower power consumption and faster time to market, delivering better SoC economics so its customers can focus on dreaming up what comes next. Learn more at arteris.com.
About Rebellions
Rebellions is an AI Chip startup specializing in an AI inference accelerator where better latency makes a difference. Within three years of its inception, the company has introduced two groundbreaking chips: the finance market-focused ION and the datacenter-focused ATOM. Currently, Rebellions is engaged in a collaboration with Samsung Electronics to advance the development of its forthcoming AI chip, REBEL, paving the way for advanced technology in the era of generative AI.
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Rebellions Selects Arteris for Its Next-Generation Neural Processing Unit Aimed at Generative AI

Arteris’ FlexNoC interconnect IP and Magillem SoC integration software enable superior performance and efficient customization of AI inference chips for...

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Hi Bravo,

Looked at Rebellions about 6 weeks ago.

KR20230166352A Processing element and Neural processing device including same and multiplication operation method 20220530

The present invention discloses a processing element, a neural processing device including a processing element, and a multiplication operation method using the same.

The processing element uses the first multiplier of the first precision, or uses the first multiplier and the first precision according to the weight register for storing the weight, the input activation register for storing the input activation, and the operation mode signal. It includes a flexible multiplier that generates result data by multiplying the weight and the input activation using both second multipliers, and a saturating adder that generates partial sums using the result data.

Their thing is using MACs that can accommodate flexible precision (variable length) digits.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

It is my belief that Bert mutated into Dolci

You may be onto something there Jefwilto. I hadn't considered that before but definitely some similarities in style and the timing would be right.
Remember stevo who liked to put up logo's was a BnE devotee but can't recall his attitude towards missus Dolci.
Another likeable character was a "Mr Technical" or something like that.
Not our Techladen but someone with a very technical bent.
A bit like a very watered down version of our Diogenes, but younger.

 

[Mt09]

Hi Hotty.
I dunno whether Yak was all he claimed to be with his extensive knowledge of professional trading etc, but he certainly was a volatile individual prone to explosive verdicts on his fellow travellers and seemed to particularly enjoy disputation over opinion.
I think he was primarily interested in trading the stock and perhaps became disillusioned during our long and depressing share price decline over the past number of years.
I can certainly understand that.
I vaguely remember him stating that he was needing to finance a restaurant he and his partner were establishing and so figure he sold out and put his money and attention there. Pure speculation on my part.
We have seen many a character rise and fall on both these and the crapper threads o'er these many years.
I still miss Bert 'n Ernie.

My recollection exactly with the restaurant story and was getting pretty abusive towards others..

 

[mrgds]

Three green days this week, ....................... im celebrating. ............... no thnx to our "resident cat "

Also good to see our "Partner in Crime " receiving some US Chips Act allocation ............................

 

[TheFunkMachine]

Hi TheFunkMachine,

I already shared my sentiment about doing business with Saudi Arabia’s present government in previous posts.

But that’s not the reason for my post today.
I just wanted to draw attention to the fact that Mansoor Hanif has actually been very much aware of the benefits of neuromorphic technology for quite some time and was either not honest with you or else appears to have some memory problems, given his reply to you was “I haven’t come across Brainchip. Curious to learn more.”

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Bloody great job mate! Nicely seen, cheers.

Thanks, I think Neuromorphic tech would be right up his alley. I believe he has been in talks with Intel previously.

 

[TheFunkMachine]

Now We know why Sean is keeping his Flowy Heir low key kind of looks like him too. Someone needs to re do the writing part to suit Our CEO and send it to him

 

[TheFunkMachine]

My take on our CEO. Funny, I didn’t even consider “SH” can stand for Share holders as well as Sean Heir.

 

[Frangipani]

Dr. | Frontgrade Gaisler

Dr. Jonathan Tapson from BrainChip visited our booth at Space Symposium to discuss neuromorphic processing for space applications. They have been developing and continuously improving their technology for extremely efficient AI inference and learning. #spacecomputing

www.linkedin.com

 

[Frangipani]

Dr. | Frontgrade Gaisler

Dr. Jonathan Tapson from BrainChip visited our booth at Space Symposium to discuss neuromorphic processing for space applications. They have been developing and continuously improving their technology for extremely efficient AI inference and learning. #spacecomputing

www.linkedin.com

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When did Jonathan Tapson start working for BrainChip?! That’s big news, I’d say! No official announcement, though?

 

[Fullmoonfever]

When did Jonathan Tapson start working for BrainChip?! That’s big news, I’d say! No official announcement, though?

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Nice find.

Given his LinkedIn experience you posted, I wonder if this is his first outing and just happened?

Ann tomorrow now maybe?

Unless, possibly moonlighting in a consulting role and not FTE as such so not Ann worthy?

 

[Justchilln]

Nice find.

Given his LinkedIn experience you posted, I wonder if this is his first outing and just happened?

Ann tomorrow now maybe?

Unless, possibly moonlighting in a consulting role and not FTE as such so not Ann worthy?

An announcement because a new employee has been hired? Srsly?

 

[Terroni2105]

Great find.

from the latest Capital Call notice “The company will also bolster the CTO function, enabling radical innovation required to bring large language models, multimodal, operation, and other state of our AI to the edge and ensure we remain the industry leaders in hyper-efficient edge AI”.

unfortunately Fronte Grade has linked an incorrect BrainChip link on the post.

 

[Boab]

Further to todays early post/video
We are 1 of 6 different offerings

 

[Boab]

Further to todays early post/video
We are 1 of 6 different offerings



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Anyone come across DeGirum offering very low power which seems to imply less than us at low power?
Now wondering if VVDN has this many options?

 

[Fullmoonfever]

An announcement because a new employee has been hired? Srsly?

Well, I guess it would depend on the seniority of the role hey?

He appears pretty well credentialed and I susoect not just a say, a ML researcher employee (no disrespect)....so what would be the role of he is FTE?

 

[Frangipani]

Those of you who have taken a closer look at the global neuromorphic research community will likely have come across the annual Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop, a three week project-based meeting in eponymous Telluride, a charming former Victorian mining town in the Rocky Mountain high country of southwestern Colorado. Nestled in a deep glacial valley, Telluride sits at an elevation of 8750 ft (2667 m) and is surrounded by majestic rugged peaks. Truly a scenic location for a workshop.

The National Science Foundation (NSF), which has continuously supported the Telluride Workshop since its beginnings in the 1990s, described it in a 2023 announcement as follows: It “will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from academia and industry, including engineers, computer scientists, neuroscientists, behavioral and cognitive scientists (…) The annual three-week hands-on, project-based meeting is organized around specific topic areas to explore organizing principles of neural cognition that can inspire implementation in artificial systems. Each topic area is guided by a group of experts who will provide tutorials, lectures and hands-on project guidance.”

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportu...ng-augmented-intelligence/announcements/95341

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Telluride 2024

The workshop took place over 3-weeks as a project-based meeting organized around specific topic areas to bring the organizing principles of neural cognition into artificial intelligence, and to use AI to understand how brains work.

sites.google.com

The topic areas for the 2024 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop are now online. As every year, the list of topic leaders and invited speakers includes the crème de la crème of neuromorphic researchers from all over the world. While no one from Brainchip has made the invited speakers’ list (at least not to date), I was extremely pleased to notice that Akida will be featured nevertheless! It has taken the academic neuromorphic community ages to take Brainchip seriously (cf my previous post on Open Neuromorphic: https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-ongoing.1/post-404235), but here we are, finally getting acknowledged alongside the usual suspects:

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Some readers will now presumably shrug their shoulders and consider this mention of Brainchip in a workshop programme as being insignificant as opposed to those coveted commercial announcements. To me, however, the inclusion of Brainchip at Telluride marks a milestone.

Also keep in mind what NSF Program Director Soo-Siang Lim said about Telluride (see link above): “This workshop has a long and successful track-record of advancing and integrating our understanding of biological and artificial systems of learning. Many collaborations catalyzed by the workshop have led to significant technology innovations, and the training of future industry and academic leaders.”

I’d just love to know who of the four topic leaders and/or co-organisers had suggested to include Brainchip for their hands-on project “Processing space-based data using neuromorphic computing hardware” (and whether this was readily agreed on or not):

Was it one of the two colleagues from Western Sydney University’s International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS)? Gregory Cohen (who is responsible for Astrosite, WSU’s containerised neuromorphic inspired mobile telescope observatory as well as for the modification of the two neuromorphic cameras on the ISS as part of the USAFA Falcon Neuro project) or Alexandre Marcireau?

Or was it Gregor Lenz, who left Synsense in mid-2023 to co-found Neurobus (“At Neurobus we’re harnessing the power of neuromorphic computing to transform space technology”) and is also one of the co-founders of the Open Neuromorphic community? He was one of the few live viewers of Cristian Axenie’s January 15 online presentation on the TinyML Vision Zero San Jose Competition (where his TH Nürnberg team, utilising Akida for their event-based visual motion detection and tracking of pedestrians, had come runner-up), and asked a number of intriguing questions about Akida during the live broadcast.

Or was it possibly Jens Egholm Pedersen, the Danish doctoral student at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden’s largest technical university, who hosted said presentation by Cristian Axenie on the Open Neuromorphic YouTube channel and appeared to be genuinely impressed about Akida (and the Edge Impulse platform), too?

Oh, and last, but not least:
Our CTO Anthony M Lewis aka Tony Lewis has been to Telluride numerous times: the workshop website lists him as one of the early participants back in 1996 (when he was with UCLA’s Computer Science Department). Tony Lewis is subsequently listed as a guest speaker for the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 workshops (in his then capacity as the founder of Iguana Robotics) - information on the participants between 2006 - 2009 as well as for the year 2011 is marked as “lost”. In 2019, Tony Lewis had once again been invited as either topic leader or guest speaker, but according to the website could not come.

So I guess there is a good chance we will see him return to Telluride one day, this time as CTO of Brainchip, catching up with a lot old friends and acquaintances, many of whom he also keeps in touch with via his extensive LinkedIn network, so they’d definitely know what he’s been up to.

As I said in another post six weeks ago:

Since Jonathan Tapson and Gregory Cohen (now Associate Professor at WSU) know each other very well (they share the same Alma mater (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and I assume Jonathan Tapson must have been one of Gregory Cohen’s professors in electrical engineering there when he did his B.Sc. and M.Sc. and possibly also the reason why Cohen went to Western Sydney University for his PhD shortly after Tapson had become professor there (and later Director of the WSU MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development), where they subsequently co-authored quite a number of research papers together, alongside other colleagues such as André van Schaik etc

PLUS Jonathan Tapson, who apparently works for BrainChip in some capacity now, resides in Telluride, CO

this could obviously be another route AKD1000 found its way into the 2024 Telluride Workshop…

 

[The Pope]

Appen Launches Solution for Enterprises to Customize LLMs

KIRKLAND, Wash., March 28, 2024 -- Appen Limited, a leading provider of high-quality data for the AI lifecycle, announced the launch of new platform

www.datanami.com

Is this relevant to Brainchip?

By the way, Appen SP is recovering from a breach in a NDA about a month ago.

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Please let me know when it recovers closer to its high well in the $30 range. Refer attachment.
A breach a month ago is quite amusing when it was well below $1.
Note I’m not an investor in APN but DYOR

 

[SharesForBrekky]

When did Jonathan Tapson start working for BrainChip?! That’s big news, I’d say! No official announcement, though?

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Great find Frangipani.

Quite odd, he's still very much part of the team on the Iona Tech website.

I'm guessing Jonathan could now be some sort of advisor for Brainchip, as well as still with Iona.

 

[Frangipani]

Well, I guess it would depend on the seniority of the role hey?

He appears pretty well credentialed and I susoect not just a say, a ML researcher employee (no disrespect)....so what would be the role of he is FTE?

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Exactly!
This is huge news that should be milked, even if it were only a temporary role as an external consultant or advisor.

An announcement because a new employee has been hired? Srsly?

I should specify when I said “official announcement”, I didn’t necessarily think of an ASX announcement (depending on his role), but first and foremost of some kind of social media post by the BrainChip PR team, informing the public about this “added value” to the company.

Jonathan Tapson’s role is definitely not going to be that of one of the hardworking researchers, hardware or software engineers in the background, who by the way also deserve to be lauded publicly more often for all the work they do, along with the rest of the entire BrainChip team beyond the executive management.

While there were a couple of things I didn’t like about the Virtual Investor Roadshow in February, I thought it was great that Sean Hehir emphasised the extremely high quality of the entire team (for about three minutes from 10:28 min), the essence being “AI is all about the best talent… And BrainChip does have the best talent in this industry. I’ll put it up against any company.”

Great find Frangipani.

Quite odd, he's still very much part of the team on the Iona Tech website.

I'm guessing Jonathan could now be some sort of advisor for Brainchip, as well as still with Iona.

Yes, possibly. But still strange we’ve heard nothing so far from our company’s PR team, even though Jonathan Tapson is evidently already representing the company in public.

The gentleman next to him in the picture is Frontgrade Gaisler’s General Manager Sandi Habinc, by the way (who was at ESA before joining Gaisler in 2011).

 

[Fullmoonfever]

Not sure how up to date his Loop is (presuming not very given the bio or maybe just not updated) but appears to have some decent academic and industry followers and followings including a follow by Anup Vanarse at BRN.

Jonathan C Tapson

Jonathan Tapson is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Western Sydney. His research interests include systems engineering, intelligent networks and bio-inspired systems. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and has seven patents, and has graduated 40 postgraduate...

loop.frontiersin.org