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[Terroni2105]

I don't think AKIDA is in Beacon but?..

Yes it is

 

[Mt09]

Yes it is

Akida is in the Ant61 Brain, not the beacon as far as we know.

Revolutionizing Space Infrastructure: ANT61 Smart Robots

Revolutionizing Space Infrastructure: ANT61 Smart Robots April 8, 2024 – Mikhail Asavkin Space infrastructure plays a key role in maintaining civilization on Earth. From moving goods around the globe and monitoring the effects of global warming, such as forest fires and floods, to everyday...

brainchip.com

 

[IloveLamp]

Podcast is out 1hour ago

"Imagine having your smartwatch not only track steps or sleep but predict health conditions before they happen — and never needing to charge it for months. | Edge Impulse (a Qualcomm company)

"Imagine having your smartwatch not only track steps or sleep but predict health conditions before they happen — and never needing to charge it for months. That’s exactly what our partnership is about: delivering highly efficient, ultra-low-power edge AI models to make smarter, more personalized...

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[IloveLamp]

📱 Smartphones are essential to how we connect, work, and entertain ourselves – and they’re constantly evolving. | Arm

📱 Smartphones are essential to how we connect, work, and entertain ourselves – and they’re constantly evolving. As generative AI transforms the way we interact with our phones, mobile SoCs are advancing to enhance processing capabilities for AI workloads, leading to faster and more intelligent...

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More demanding smartphone experiences drive innovation - New Electronics

In the age of AI, more demanding smartphone experiences are driving further developments and new innovations.

www.newelectronics.co.uk

 

[IloveLamp]

DeGirum introduces AI Hub, an accessible platform for developers to prototype AI models at the edge using a wide range of processors and accelerators, streamlining development. | TechEdge AI

DeGirum introduces AI Hub, an accessible platform for developers to prototype AI models at the edge using a wide range of processors and accelerators, streamlining development. Read the full news - https://lnkd.in/dWBTxxTG #DeGirum #AIHub #EdgeAI #AIPrototyping #AIModels #VisionProcessing...

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DeGirum Launches AI Hub to Simplify AI Prototyping and Development at the Edge | Techedge AI | Latest AI & Technology News Today

DeGirum introduces AI Hub, an accessible platform for developers to prototype AI models at the edge using a wide range of processors and accelerators, streamlining development.

www.techedgeai.com

 

[IloveLamp]

The Nintendo Switch 2 Is Apparently Getting Revealed This Week

The Nintendo Switch 2 Is Apparently Getting Revealed This Week

press-start.com.au

 

[Terroni2105]

Akida is in the Ant61 Brain, not the beacon as far as we know.

Revolutionizing Space Infrastructure: ANT61 Smart Robots

Revolutionizing Space Infrastructure: ANT61 Smart Robots April 8, 2024 – Mikhail Asavkin Space infrastructure plays a key role in maintaining civilization on Earth. From moving goods around the globe and monitoring the effects of global warming, such as forest fires and floods, to everyday...

brainchip.com

I have written down that Ant61 confirmed it is in Beacon but I haven’t kept a link (from memory it was on a LinkedIn comment they responded to), perhaps someone else here has it (however I do know I wouldn't have written it down for myself if I didn't see it with my own eyes)

 

[supersonic001]

#ces2025 #allthingsai #edgeai | BrainChip

All Things AI Podcast with Edge Impulse We’re excited to announce the latest episode of the All Things AI Podcast from #CES2025, featuring a conversation with Edge Impulse CRO, Spencer Huang. Hosted by BrainChip CMO Steve Brightfield, this episode dives into Edge Impulse’s collaboration with...

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[Puck]

I have written down that Ant61 confirmed it is in Beacon but I haven’t kept a link (from memory it was on a LinkedIn comment they responded to), perhaps someone else here has it (however I do know I wouldn't have written it down for myself if I didn't see it with my own eyes)

I believe the Brain will be employed across multiple products.

Revolutionizing Space Infrastructure: ANT61 Smart Robots

Revolutionizing Space Infrastructure: ANT61 Smart Robots April 8, 2024 – Mikhail Asavkin Space infrastructure plays a key role in maintaining civilization on Earth. From moving goods around the globe and monitoring the effects of global warming, such as forest fires and floods, to everyday...

brainchip.com

 

[Frangipani]

Interesting like of a BrainChip post on LinkedIn by a Fraunhofer ITWM (Institut für Techno*- und Wirtschaftsmathematik / Institute for Industrial Mathematics) research scientist, given this Fraunhofer Institute’s High Performance Computing division is co-coordinating a project called STANCE (Strategic Alliance For Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering) alongside Fraunhofer IIS (Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen / Institute for Integrated Circuits), which aims to push for the adoption of spiking and neuromorphic technologies in industrial production by bringing together users and solution providers. The STANCE project got underway five months ago.

*Ich musste echt zweimal hinschauen, aber die forschen wohl doch nicht über Raves…
@cosors, ohne Bindestrich wäre das ansonsten doch echt der perfekte Arbeitsplatz für dich gewesen, oder?!

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In September, I posted about a Fraunhofer Society-backed project in Germany called STANCE (Strategic Alliance For Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering), which kicked off in April and is co-coordinated by two Fraunhofer Institutes: Fraunhofer ITWM (Institut für Techno-und Wirtschaftsmathematik / Institute for Industrial Mathematics) and Fraunhofer IIS (Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen / Institute for Integrated Circuits).

Eleven other Fraunhofer Institutes are also part of the project (although surprisingly not the Berlin-based Fraunhofer HHI, whose researchers from the Wireless Communications and Networks Department utilised Akida for their PoC implementation of neuromorphic wireless cognition) that aims to build a Neuromorphic Knowledge Hub in Europe and also seeks “to establish a long term industrial and academic alliance to push for the adoption of spiking and neuromorphic technologies by the broader industry.”

Project »STANCE« – Strategic Alliance for Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering

»STANCE« is an alliance of development companies, industry partners and researchers to address accessibility, adoption, and technology transfer issues in neuromorphic technologies.

www.itwm.fraunhofer.de

Earlier this month, the two co-coordinating Fraunhofer Institutes published a whitepaper that I found a worthwhile read:

https://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/itwm/en/documents/abteilungsdokumente/hpc/Whitepaper_STANCE_Strategic_Alliance_for_Neuromorphic.pdf

 

[supersonic001]

As fires continue to impact Southern California, home to BrainChip’s headquarters, our hearts are with everyone affected by this devastating situation. | BrainChip

As fires continue to impact Southern California, home to BrainChip’s headquarters, our hearts are with everyone affected by this devastating situation. While our Laguna Hills office is many miles from the fires in Los Angeles and remains unaffected, some extended family members and contractors...

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[ndefries]

I have written down that Ant61 confirmed it is in Beacon but I haven’t kept a link (from memory it was on a LinkedIn comment they responded to), perhaps someone else here has it (however I do know I wouldn't have written it down for myself if I didn't see it with my own eyes)

Given they are a partner, they speak so fondly of Akida. Have relied on it, know how to apply it and how critical efficient AI processing in space is I can't reasonably think Brainchip will not benefit from this deal. My significant lack of surprise when impending licence deal arrives once they have scoped out the delivery of this major contract

 

[Boab]

Driving the Future of Streaming Edge AI in 2025

mailchi.mp

 

[Boab]

BrainChip Holdings (ASX: BRN): Driving the Future of Neuromorphic Computing Amid Global AI Boom

BrainChip Holdings advances neuromorphic computing with Akida platform, securing key partnerships and expanding applications across automotive, healthcare, IoT, and defense sectors.

blog.techinvest.online

 

[manny100]

Tiny AI chip modeled on the human brain set to boost battery life in smart devices

The Spiking Neural Processor T1 is an AI chip that's modeled on the way the brain detects patterns and could extend the battery life in smart devices.

www.livescience.com

Not much detail provided. Competition?
Apologies if already posted.
Allegedly ready foe commercial production next year.

 

[Tothemoon24]

Reflecting on a Year of Breakthroughs​

2025: Looking forward to a year of innovation and success at BrainChip.

As we begin 2025, we cannot help but reflect on 2024 as a year focusing on breakthrough algorithms across key use cases that led to business success. The opportunity for BrainChip in 2025 following the successes in 2024 are well summarized in an article released by Tech Investor called “BrainChip Holdings (ASX: BRN): Driving the Future of Neuromorphic Computing Amid Global AI Boom”

It has been a journey of achievements, partnerships, and milestones for BrainChip as we continue to redefine the limits of AI technology. BrainChip pioneered the application of our proprietary state-spaced neural network models called TENNs (Temporal Enabled Neural Networks) to achieve state-of-the-art performance for key use cases while reducing computational and memory requirements. Where most companies focused on the implementation of ever more optimized legacy neural network architectures to apply them to the edge, BrainChip defined a whole new class of neural network models that transforms the ability of edge AI devices to operate in ever smaller form factors, power, and cost.

Innovation: Akida Pico and More Our Akida Pico product launch was a key product launch of the year. As an ultra-low power AI acceleration co-processor, Akida Pico enables energy-efficient, use case-specific AI for applications like voice wake detection, wearables, and IoT devices.

Akida Pico​

Edge LLMs – Leading an industry transition to state-spaced models for efficiently computing Large Language Models, propelling this technology to the edge with efficient compute and significantly reduced memory bandwidth. aTENNuate – A groundbreaking, TENNS based algorithm for raw audio denoising, and enhancement optimized for the edge. Eye Tracking– State-of the Art (SOTA) results using industry standard benchmarks for eye tracking while reducing compute and memory requirements.

Learn More​

Looking Ahead to 2025 “The advancements we achieved in 2024 are the foundation for even greater innovation in 2025,” said BrainChip CEO Sean Hehir. “We are on the cusp of amazing opportunities to expand Brainchip’s market footprint and advance the Akida technologies in the semiconductor industry. This addresses the upcoming demand for neural processing semiconductor intellectual property and introduces State Space model based TENNs algorithms to the edge.”

CES 2025 is an exciting year for Brainchip and the adoption of Edge We continue to see strong interest on our latest offerings and demonstrations from many key tier 1 consumer, cloud services and automotive companies in our private Suite at CES. We will be providing updated podcasts with key partners, industry analysts and customers on the state of edge AI and how we see the market moving forward in 2025. Key Akida demonstrations provided to our visitors include:

LLMs + RAG Demo See how we are advancing large language models (LLMs) with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for smarter, real-time AI applications. This demonstration shows how edge based LLM models can execute on the edge without cloud connectivity to provide security, low latency, and low cost of ownership without a cloud service.

Building ML Models with Edge Impulse for our Akida Edge AI Box: The Akida Edge AI box was launched in 2024 for developers to create new edge AI use cases for environments where power efficiency and reliability take center stage, now this developer device has attracted an eco-system of partners to port and deploy their AI software on the Edge AI Box. Explore firsthand demos with Edge Impulse, demonstrating how easy it is to build and deploy custom machine learning models directly on the Akida platform.

Anomaly Detection Demo: Explore our latest anomaly detection solution running on Raspberry Pi 5. This versatile demo targets multiple verticals, including Industrial IoT, manufacturing, healthcare (wearable devices), cybersecurity, fraud detection, and more featuring our newly released Akida M.2 card. This economical M.2 design utilized by OEMs can provide turn-key design integration for the AI acceleration provided by Akida.

All about CES​

Thank You for Being Part of Our Journey To our partners, customers, and the broader BrainChip community: thank you for your continued trust and support. Together, we will continue to shape the future of AI.

 

[Frangipani]

I have written down that Ant61 confirmed it is in Beacon but I haven’t kept a link (from memory it was on a LinkedIn comment they responded to), perhaps someone else here has it (however I do know I wouldn't have written it down for myself if I didn't see it with my own eyes)

Here you go - at least I assume this is what you were looking for, @Terroni2105 ?

ANT61 Signs First Japanese Commercial Agreement with SOMPO | ANT61 | 31 comments

Exciting news! ANT61 has signed our first distribution deal with major Japanese satellite risk consulting company SOMPO Risk Management, a sister company to the country’s major satellite insurer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. 🇯🇵🇦🇺. This is a huge commercial milestone for ANT61, and we anticipate...

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When I saw this post last month, these by both the ANT61 company account and founder Mikhail Asavkin under @Baisyet’s comment “hoping Akida is one of them ” really had me confused, because just like @DingoBorat and @Mt09, I had equally been under the impression that only the ANT61 Brain neuromorphic computer contained Akida, not the Beacon.

But this LinkedIn post indeed suggests otherwise, as the article above these comments refers to the Beacon only, not the ANT61 Brain.
And nowhere is there any mention of a Beacon 2.0 model…

But if it is true that both of ANT61’s current products utilise Akida, why have we never found out through an announcement (or at least a social media post referencing it) from either of the companies directly?

 

[DingoBorat]

Here you go - at least I assume this is what you were looking for, @Terroni2105 ?

ANT61 Signs First Japanese Commercial Agreement with SOMPO | ANT61 | 31 comments

Exciting news! ANT61 has signed our first distribution deal with major Japanese satellite risk consulting company SOMPO Risk Management, a sister company to the country’s major satellite insurer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. 🇯🇵🇦🇺. This is a huge commercial milestone for ANT61, and we anticipate...

www.linkedin.com

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When I saw this post last month, these by both the ANT61 company account and founder Mikhail Asavkin under @Baisyet’s comment “hoping Akida is one of them ” really had me confused, because just like @DingoBorat and @Mt09, I had equally been under the impression that only the ANT61 Brain neuromorphic computer contained Akida, not the Beacon.

But this LinkedIn post indeed suggests otherwise, as the article above these comments refers to the Beacon only, not the ANT61 Brain.
And nowhere is there any mention of a Beacon 2.0 model…

But if it is true that both of ANT61’s current products utilise Akida, why have we never found out through an announcement (or at least a social media post referencing it) from either of the companies directly?

I didn't recall AKIDA being 100% confirmed as being in Beacon..
Which it looks like it hasn't..

But it makes complete sense, that if they thought it was good enough for the ANT61 Brain (and they "are" a much smaller player, than other Space agencies, that have advocated using AKIDA)..

Why "wouldn't" they use it in their Beacon product, which would certainly benefit from its capabilities?..

This would be a profit sharing arrangement and not an IP deal, because of their size.

 

[Bravo]

Podcast is out 1hour ago

Thanks for posting @7für7!

If there were any doubts about the strength of the partnership between BrainChip and Edge Impulse, I think they can now be put to rest. This is a recurring theme throughout the podcast, with Spencer Huang also repeatedly emphasizing how BrainChip enables innovations that were previously impossible—"making science fiction a reality," as he states toward the end.

I like how Spencer talked about smartwatches predicting health conditions before they happen without the necessity to re-charge the watch for months! Achieving highly efficient, ultra-low power, edge AI models running on devices was expressed as the shared goal.

I also loved the analogy that the collaboration between BrainChip and Edge Impulse is like being in a kitchen where Edge Impulse is the cutlery or the tools and BrainChip is the ingredients or the truffles!

Can't wait to find out more about the use cases Spencer describes when discussing how Akida is pushing the boundaries of what is possible in edge AI, which included smartwatches (as previously described), traffic lights that are auto-aware and able to regulate traffic autonomously and anomaly prediction in industrial use cases. Spencer highlights a key challenge, stating, “There are limitations in today’s non-neuromorphic architectures.” I understood this to mean that traditional architectures lack the capability to effectively support these types of advanced functionalities.

Towards the end of the podcast Spencer mentions that in 2025 Edge Impulse are going to be leveraging a lot more foundational models and focussing on vision, language, LLM's. He talked about BrainChip's demo running LLM's in the suite and said that he wants to make sure that Edge Impulse has the proper tool sets ready for developers because he knows these use cases are coming!

 

[BrainShit]

Here you go - at least I assume this is what you were looking for, @Terroni2105 ?

ANT61 Signs First Japanese Commercial Agreement with SOMPO | ANT61 | 31 comments

Exciting news! ANT61 has signed our first distribution deal with major Japanese satellite risk consulting company SOMPO Risk Management, a sister company to the country’s major satellite insurer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. 🇯🇵🇦🇺. This is a huge commercial milestone for ANT61, and we anticipate...

www.linkedin.com

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When I saw this post last month, these by both the ANT61 company account and founder Mikhail Asavkin under @Baisyet’s comment “hoping Akida is one of them ” really had me confused, because just like @DingoBorat and @Mt09, I had equally been under the impression that only the ANT61 Brain neuromorphic computer contained Akida, not the Beacon.

But this LinkedIn post indeed suggests otherwise, as the article above these comments refers to the Beacon only, not the ANT61 Brain.
And nowhere is there any mention of a Beacon 2.0 model…

But if it is true that both of ANT61’s current products utilise Akida, why have we never found out through an announcement (or at least a social media post referencing it) from either of the companies directly?

Nice find, Frangi... I belive they just realised the Brain (robotic computer) with Akida to check the main features and challanges but planed to integrate Akida in the Beacon (satelite failure recovery) as well. It just make sense... because:

Brain: powers autonomous maintenance robots for satellite servicing

Beacon: is designed for satellite health monitoring, real-time communication, and failure diagnostics

What else can be that power efficient, radiation proofed and doesn't need heatsinks or active colling? You need even less wight and less fault-prone components.

If a contract with BrainChip is made... we'll find out via announcement. Until now we just know that we're in the Brain and doesn't know the details of the agreement between SOMPO and ANT61.

Beside the unknown agreement details... we'll just provide a small amount of chips but earn a lot reputation. Again


Source: https://brainchip.com/revolutionizing-space-infrastructure-ant61-smart-robots/

Source: https://www.ant61.com/beacon