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I am out of step today. Behind @Diogenese now behind @TheUnfairAdvantage.
I need to get up earlier.


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I need to get up earlier.



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Nice one Diogenese. Makes much more sense to me now.Hi Slade,
Akida 1000 SoC is hardware - the main part of which is an array of 80 NPUs arranged in nodes of 4 NPUs. Each NPU is an arrangement of transistors forming digital logic gates adapted to compare input "spikes" (activations) with stored digital bits (weights) representing images in a previously collected library of images. The activations and weights can be selected to be either 1, 2, or 4-bits, trading speed and power for accuracy.
MetaTF includes a computer program to simulate the performance of the Akida SoC, although this will be slower and more power hungry than the hardware.
The main part of the Akida IP is data defining the physical configuration of the transistors which make up Akida SoC logic gates. This is encrypted so only BrainChip and Socionext/TCS have access to the information.
Good to get it explained in two versions. Appreciate it FFAt Brainchip they have the ADE or AKIDA Development Environment. It is a software emulation of the AKIDA hardware. If you go to the AERO paper published by Brainchip late 2019 early 2020 they use the ADE to identify the 20 gas data set with state of the art performance using only 200 simulated neurons. They then predict that once implemented in hardware the performance will be improved.
So you can implement the AKIDA in software.
The IP or intellectual property is the design of the actual neural fabric so that you can build an AKIDA in hardware.
So in situations where you are not concerned with latency or power you could implement AKIDA in software and run it on old school Von Neumann hardware.
Now as I have said I am a technophobe, old and a retired lawyer who knows nothing so don’t rely on a single word I say and DYOR
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Just throw more power at the problem it will last long enough until Elon can move to Mars and write Earth off on his tax.Tesla's pot-hole detection is achieved through "hive mind technology", which uses over the air updates enabling cars to share information with each other to better manage changing weather conditions, traffic incidents and road conditions. However this requires connectivity and most of the roads that have the worst pot-holes are in areas with low to no connectivity.
Another disadvantage of this system, aside from concerns about updates being hacked) is that it requires that at least one vehicle to drop into a pot-hole in order for the system to recognise and communicate that pothole to other vehicles.
Peter Van Der Made has spoken about BrainChip's future networks (AKIDA 2000 and AKIDA 3000) being able to learn the difference between a plastic bag or a rock because they will learn from the sequences of events and the behaviour of objects in the physical world. I expect that if plastic bags can be detected, then potholes would be able to be detected too and no-one will need to worry about falling into a giant pothole in the middle of the Bungle-Bungles because AKIDA isn't reliant on connectivity.
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Tesla's pot-hole detection is achieved through "hive mind technology", which uses over the air updates enabling cars to share information with each other to better manage changing weather conditions, traffic incidents and road conditions. However this requires connectivity and most of the roads that have the worst pot-holes are in areas with low to no connectivity.
Another disadvantage of this system, aside from concerns about updates being hacked) is that it requires that at least one vehicle to drop into a pot-hole in order for the system to recognise and communicate that pothole to other vehicles.
Peter Van Der Made has spoken about BrainChip's future networks (AKIDA 2000 and AKIDA 3000) being able to learn the difference between a plastic bag or a rock because they will learn from the sequences of events and the behaviour of objects in the physical world. I expect that if plastic bags can be detected, then potholes would be able to be detected too and no-one will need to worry about falling into a giant pothole in the middle of the Bungle-Bungles because AKIDA isn't reliant on connectivity.
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To be honest I think Tesla has taken the right approach to the problem of autonomous driving and potholes. It would take some fancy LiDAR to detect potholes in time to warn the car or driver. Having a map of potholes already on the cars system from data fed from other vehicles seems to me to be the only viable option at the moment. Would love to be proven wrong.That was an excellent explanation...and that's really to main difference, but it's a MAJOR difference, the internet as we all know it today just won't be able to cope with the increased traffic, the bandwidth bottleneck will be replaced with the hangmans noose, from which there will be no escape, it's either continue on the way we have been, or expect that the upcoming surge in IOT devices, IIOT devices, or from our vantage point, AIOT will ultimately mean the world will have to change, grow and at some point, honour Peter & Anil.
More Data Centres, More Server Farms, More ways of Accelerating the process, More Power, More Heat...you only had to listen to Jerome this morning, it's everything Peter has been saying for years, but the major difference now is that, it's no longer a dream...
IT'S REAL, IT'S HERE, IT'S GLOBAL....BUT IT DID ALL START HERE IN AUSTRALIA...I love that final part...Brainchip xx
Just like wifi which was also an Oz development....That was an excellent explanation...and that's really to main difference, but it's a MAJOR difference, the internet as we all know it today just won't be able to cope with the increased traffic, the bandwidth bottleneck will be replaced with the hangmans noose, from which there will be no escape, it's either continue on the way we have been, or expect that the upcoming surge in IOT devices, IIOT devices, or from our vantage point, AIOT will ultimately mean the world will have to change, grow and at some point, honour Peter & Anil.
More Data Centres, More Server Farms, More ways of Accelerating the process, More Power, More Heat...you only had to listen to Jerome this morning, it's everything Peter has been saying for years, but the major difference now is that, it's no longer a dream...
IT'S REAL, IT'S HERE, IT'S GLOBAL....BUT IT DID ALL START HERE IN AUSTRALIA...I love that final part...Brainchip xx
If you are correct that Tesla is correct then how does Tesla justify the use of cameras only for AV.To be honest I think Tesla has taken the right approach to the problem of autonomous driving and potholes. It would take some fancy LiDAR to detect potholes in time to warn the car or driver. Having a map of potholes already on the cars system from data fed from other vehicles seems to me to be the only viable option at the moment. Would love to be proven wrong.
This is so wrong. How is it even allowed. Bloody s#$@rs.
If you are correct that Tesla is correct then how does Tesla justify the use of cameras only for AV.
The Tesla argument is that you only need vision because humans only use vision.
If this is correct and if I being human can see and avoid pot holes using vision why can’t Tesla???
The reason Tesla is using the system they have come up with is they are intending to monetise the data and sell it to the authorities responsible for maintaining roads.
It will also allow targeted advertising for tyre and rim repairs.
Suck every penny they can out of the system just like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Every move you make, every step you take, they’ll be watching you and making money.
My opinion only DYOR
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Hi Slade,To be honest I think Tesla has taken the right approach to the problem of autonomous driving and potholes. It would take some fancy LiDAR to detect potholes in time to warn the car or driver. Having a map of potholes already on the cars system from data fed from other vehicles seems to me to be the only viable option at the moment. Would love to be proven wrong.
Cutting out Lidar seems quite rediculous. More information to make decisions is always better.If you are correct that Tesla is correct then how does Tesla justify the use of cameras only for AV.
The Tesla argument is that you only need vision because humans only use vision.
If this is correct and if I being human can see and avoid pot holes using vision why can’t Tesla???
The reason Tesla is using the system they have come up with is they are intending to monetise the data and sell it to the authorities responsible for maintaining roads.
It will also allow targeted advertising for tyre and rim repairs.
Suck every penny they can out of the system just like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Every move you make, every step you take, they’ll be watching you and making money.
My opinion only DYOR
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Detecting potholes? Yeah we can do thatTo be honest I think Tesla has taken the right approach to the problem of autonomous driving and potholes. It would take some fancy LiDAR to detect potholes in time to warn the car or driver. Having a map of potholes already on the cars system from data fed from other vehicles seems to me to be the only viable option at the moment. Would love to be proven wrong.
A+ post, appreciate the detailed explanation. For anyone new here, it can be helpful when you find a post like this to bookmark it and keyword tag it for future referenceHi Slade,
Akida 1000 SoC is hardware - the main part of which is an array of 80 NPUs arranged in nodes of 4 NPUs. Each NPU is an arrangement of transistors forming digital logic gates adapted to compare input "spikes" (activations) with stored digital bits (weights) representing images in a previously collected library of images. The activations and weights can be selected to be either 1, 2, or 4-bits, trading speed and power for accuracy.
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MetaTF includes a computer program to simulate the performance of the Akida SoC, although this will be slower and more power hungry than the hardware.
The main part of the Akida IP is data defining the physical configuration of the transistors which make up Akida SoC logic gates. This is encrypted so only BrainChip and Socionext/TSC have access to the information.
These guys must have designed Daniel's F1 cause they would not have gone very far at Mercedes.Detecting potholes? Yeah we can do that
Just need to streamline the next model a little though
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