I just prepare myself for the next punch in my face
Just wanted to write something similar





Just wanted to write something similar






Knowing our luck we will get a $$$ sensitive announcement today and end up red
Hi Papacass,Hey Frangipani,
Great research! Are you inferring that you believe that AKD1500 has been produced in silicon?
I’m only going from memory now but information was circulating here that well over 12 months ago AKD1500 was going to be produced in silicon by Brainchip but allegedly an anonymous potential partner/customer halted that production as they wanted to do it. I think @Diogenese was sniffing that trail. Maybe I’ve got it all wrong in my old age but could Airbus be that company that caused AKD1500 to be produced in silicon?
Is there any plausible reason or compelling argument why Qualcomm should "not" use Akida in their chips in the near future?
May as well hear from the horse's mouth, what the deal is..
I'm reliably informed, that he and Ron Vara have conversed and have concurred on the way forward.
Try not to think about the short term turmoil.
Fear will turn to greed, soon enough.
Not sure it has been confirmed it Qualcomms doing. It was suggested as a possible reason I thought?Is it fair to say then that Qualcomm could still want to integrate Brainchip into their products and this is why they have put a stop to others using us through edge impulse ?.
If Qualcomm want a piece of Neuromorphic at the Edge they will look to us.Is it fair to say then that Qualcomm could still want to integrate Brainchip into their products and this is why they have put a stop to others using us through edge impulse ?.
Thanks for getting back to me, mate. Yeah, I’ve been schooled.Hi Papacass,
You've misremembered:
"It is Akida 2 that has been on again - off again".
If Qualcomm want a piece of Neuromorphic at the Edge they will look to us.
The great thing about BRN from a client point of view is they can use 1000 knowing that they can move up fairly seamlessly to Gen2/TENNs as they improve existing or develop new products..
In the meantime just like us maybe Qualcomm are waiting until Edge AI demand picks up significantly before getting serious.
Hi Bravo,I don't see why not—unless Qualcomm is already working on a new iteration of Snapdragon that incorporates features similar to AKIDA. How feasible that is, I'm not entirely sure.
As far as I know, the current Snapdragon product isn't neuromorphic, isn't event-based, doesn't operate at ultra-low power, and doesn’t support real-time on-device learning.
Judd Heape, VP of Product Management for Camera, Computer Vision, and Video at Qualcomm Technologies, was quoted in a June 2023 EE Times article saying, “These event-based sensors are much more efficient because they can be programmed to easily detect motion at very low power. When there’s no movement or change in the scene, the sensor consumes almost no power. So that’s really interesting to us.”
In that context, he was referring to Prophesee and image-based sensors, but the underlying principle still applies I would have thought—event-based sensors just make sense. And AKIDA is event-based.
We also know that a drone company is exploring a combination of AKIDA and Prophesee’s camera. Not Snapdragon. That says something.
So why wouldn’t Qualcomm want to integrate our technology to gain a foothold in new markets—especially ones that are battery-powered and highly power-constrained? Surely paying for a licence would be chicken feed for the likes of Qualcomm, so I honestly don't know why they wouldn't be considering it.
Maybe someone with deeper technical insight can weigh in here.
View attachment 81620
EETimes article about Prophesee-Qualcomm deal
Full article here: https://www.eetimes.com/experts-weigh-impact-of-prophesee-qualcomm-deal/ Experts Weigh Impact of Prophesee-Qualcomm Deal ...image-sensors-world.blogspot.com