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Newer investors will know that NASA approached Brainchip and paid to enter the Brainchip Early Access Program on 23.12.20.
NASA approaching Brainchip and paying to play with AKIDA was and is very significant but more so when you realise it was following NASA awarding an SBIR to Vorago to design a hardened AKD1000 but even more so when considered against the following SBIR which NASA had issued at the time it approaches Brainchip:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch:
N/A
Program | Phase | Year:
SBIR | Phase I | 2021
Solicitation:
SBIR_21_P1
Topic Number:
H6.22
NOTE: The Solicitations and topics listed on this site are copies from the various SBIR agency solicitations and are not necessarily the latest and most up-to-date. For this reason, you should use the agency link listed below which will take you directly to the appropriate agency server where you can read the official version of this solicitation and download the appropriate forms and rules.
The official link for this solicitation is:https://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/solicitations
Release Date:
November 09, 2020
Open Date:
November 09, 2020
Application Due Date:
January 08, 2021
Close Date:
January 08, 2021
Description:
Lead Center: GRC
Participating Centers: ARC
Scope Title:
This subtopic specifically focuses on advances in signal and data processing. Neuromorphic processing will enable NASA to meet growing demands for applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms onboard a spacecraft to optimize and automate operations. This includes enabling cognitive systems to improve mission communication and data-processing capabilities, enhance computing performance, and reduce memory requirements. Neuromorphic processors can enable a spacecraft to sense, adapt, act, and learn from its experiences and from the unknown environment without necessitating involvement from a mission operations team. Additionally, this processing architecture shows promise for addressing the power requirements that traditional computing architectures now struggle to meet in space applications.
The goal of this program is to develop neuromorphic processing software, hardware, algorithms, architectures, simulators, and techniques as enabling capability for autonomous space operations. Emerging memristor and other radiation-tolerant devices, which show potential for addressing the need for energy-efficient neuromorphic processors and improved signal processing capability, are of particular interest due to their resistance to the effects of radiation.
Additional areas of interest for research and/or technology development include: (a) spiking algorithms that learn from the environment and improve operations, (b) neuromorphic processing approaches to enhance data processing, computing performance, and memory conservation, and (c) new brain-inspired chips and breakthroughs in machine understanding/intelligence. Novel memristor approaches that show promise for space applications are also sought.
This subtopic seeks innovations focusing on low-size, -weight, and -power (-SWaP) applications suitable to lunar orbital or surface operations, thus enabling efficient onboard processing at lunar distances. Focusing on SWaP-constrained platforms opens up the potential for applying neuromorphic processors in spacecraft or robotic control situations traditionally reserved for power-hungry general-purpose processors. This technology will allow for increased speed, energy efficiency, and higher performance for computing in unknown and uncharacterized space environments including the Moon and Mars. Proposed innovations should justify their SWaP advantages and target metrics over the comparable relevant state of the art”
If you have read the above you will have noted that NASA is exploring the use of neuromorphic computing for every aspect of space flight/exploration.
As Rob Telson said Brainchip is working on vision with NASA and other things that they cannot discuss.
So take your pick from the above SBIR Mercedes Benz has confirmed the AKIDA advantage.
My opinion only DYOR
FF
AKIDA BALLISTA
NASA approaching Brainchip and paying to play with AKIDA was and is very significant but more so when you realise it was following NASA awarding an SBIR to Vorago to design a hardened AKD1000 but even more so when considered against the following SBIR which NASA had issued at the time it approaches Brainchip:
Deep Neural Net and Neuromorphic Processors for In-Space Autonomy and Cognition
Agency:National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch:
N/A
Program | Phase | Year:
SBIR | Phase I | 2021
Solicitation:
SBIR_21_P1
Topic Number:
H6.22
NOTE: The Solicitations and topics listed on this site are copies from the various SBIR agency solicitations and are not necessarily the latest and most up-to-date. For this reason, you should use the agency link listed below which will take you directly to the appropriate agency server where you can read the official version of this solicitation and download the appropriate forms and rules.
The official link for this solicitation is:https://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/solicitations
Release Date:
November 09, 2020
Open Date:
November 09, 2020
Application Due Date:
January 08, 2021
Close Date:
January 08, 2021
Description:
Lead Center: GRC
Participating Centers: ARC
Scope Title:
Neuromorphic Capabilities
Scope Description:This subtopic specifically focuses on advances in signal and data processing. Neuromorphic processing will enable NASA to meet growing demands for applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms onboard a spacecraft to optimize and automate operations. This includes enabling cognitive systems to improve mission communication and data-processing capabilities, enhance computing performance, and reduce memory requirements. Neuromorphic processors can enable a spacecraft to sense, adapt, act, and learn from its experiences and from the unknown environment without necessitating involvement from a mission operations team. Additionally, this processing architecture shows promise for addressing the power requirements that traditional computing architectures now struggle to meet in space applications.
The goal of this program is to develop neuromorphic processing software, hardware, algorithms, architectures, simulators, and techniques as enabling capability for autonomous space operations. Emerging memristor and other radiation-tolerant devices, which show potential for addressing the need for energy-efficient neuromorphic processors and improved signal processing capability, are of particular interest due to their resistance to the effects of radiation.
Additional areas of interest for research and/or technology development include: (a) spiking algorithms that learn from the environment and improve operations, (b) neuromorphic processing approaches to enhance data processing, computing performance, and memory conservation, and (c) new brain-inspired chips and breakthroughs in machine understanding/intelligence. Novel memristor approaches that show promise for space applications are also sought.
This subtopic seeks innovations focusing on low-size, -weight, and -power (-SWaP) applications suitable to lunar orbital or surface operations, thus enabling efficient onboard processing at lunar distances. Focusing on SWaP-constrained platforms opens up the potential for applying neuromorphic processors in spacecraft or robotic control situations traditionally reserved for power-hungry general-purpose processors. This technology will allow for increased speed, energy efficiency, and higher performance for computing in unknown and uncharacterized space environments including the Moon and Mars. Proposed innovations should justify their SWaP advantages and target metrics over the comparable relevant state of the art”
If you have read the above you will have noted that NASA is exploring the use of neuromorphic computing for every aspect of space flight/exploration.
As Rob Telson said Brainchip is working on vision with NASA and other things that they cannot discuss.
So take your pick from the above SBIR Mercedes Benz has confirmed the AKIDA advantage.
My opinion only DYOR
FF
AKIDA BALLISTA
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