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[Makeme 2020]

Megachips Invests in AI at the Edge with Quadric.???

Quadric Announces $21M to Advance Its Disruptive Edge AI Platform​

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March 16, 2022 6:01 AM | 3 min read

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Series B Funding Expands Quadric's Product Roadmap and Scope of Product Capabilities
Quadric, the company building the industry's most advanced high-performance edge processing platform optimized for on-device AI at the network edge, announced today a $21M Series B funding round. NSITEXE, Inc., a group company of a leading mobility supplier DENSO, led the round with major investment from MegaChips. Existing investors Leawood VC, Pear VC, Uncork Capital, and Cota Capital also participated in the round.
Quadric's unique ability to handle both neural backbones and classical dynamic data-parallel algorithms in a unified architecture is helping to create AI for everyone, everywhere. Most other solutions combine high-power CPU clusters with application specific NPUs. Quadric's unified architecture is flexible enough to accelerate the entire application pipeline without the need for a powerful CPU.
"It's an exciting time to be able to partner with industry powerhouses in semiconductors and AI to bring accelerated computing to the Edge," said Veerbhan Kheterpal, Co-founder and CEO of Quadric. "The market is saturated with rigid accelerators. Our product fills the void with a fully programmable multi-kernel processing architecture."
The investment will enable the company to release the next version of their novel processor architecture, improve quadric SDK performance, and roll out Intellectual Property (IP) products for integration in System on Chips (SoCs). Quadric's second-generation architecture will improve topline performance, consume less power, and maintain the familiar m.2 form factor for developer use and deployments. Samples of second-generation silicon products will be available at the end of this year. Quadric will expand the team and hire in these key product areas. Visit quadric.io/team to learn more.

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"As the AI market matures, businesses are under pressure to accelerate machine learning initiatives and need production-ready, easy-to-deploy AI solutions that don't require building from the ground up," said Tony Cannestra, director of Corporate Ventures at DENSO. "Having evaluated Quadric's q16 processor, its ability to run many types of algorithms efficiently and flexibly allows Quadric's platform to enable AI in new services and products. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Quadric and plan to integrate their IP into DENSO's SoC products."
"Our continued investment into an Edge AI leader like Quadric reflects our commitment to supporting disruptive AI-based on-device edge computing solutions," said Douglas Fairbairn, Director of Business Development at MegaChips. "Their stellar team, market traction with important customers and innovative edge AI solution all contributed to our decision to invest in Quadric. We are proud to work with Quadric to bring its end-to-end architecture products to our mutual customers in the form of customized silicon."
About Quadric
Quadric is building a unified, end-to-end hardware and software architecture optimized for on-device AI computing at the network edge. Quadric offers an integrated full-stack software and hardware platform with optimized algorithms and next-generation processor technology that delivers unmatched capabilities and efficiency across applications for high-performance edge computing. With AI becoming a business necessity in the global economy, customers need complete AI solutions deployed at scale. Leveraging an integrated full-stack platform, including best-in-class AI models, software and hardware, Quadric enables the deployment of the most impactful AI applications in the world. Quadric's unique ability to handle both neural backbones and classical dynamic data-parallel algorithms in a unified architecture is helping to create AI for everyone, everywhere. Learn more at quadric.io.

 

[JK200SX]

Megachips Invests in AI at the Edge with Quadric.???

Quadric Announces $21M to Advance Its Disruptive Edge AI Platform​

by Business Wire, Contributor
March 16, 2022 6:01 AM | 3 min read

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Series B Funding Expands Quadric's Product Roadmap and Scope of Product Capabilities
Quadric, the company building the industry's most advanced high-performance edge processing platform optimized for on-device AI at the network edge, announced today a $21M Series B funding round. NSITEXE, Inc., a group company of a leading mobility supplier DENSO, led the round with major investment from MegaChips. Existing investors Leawood VC, Pear VC, Uncork Capital, and Cota Capital also participated in the round.
Quadric's unique ability to handle both neural backbones and classical dynamic data-parallel algorithms in a unified architecture is helping to create AI for everyone, everywhere. Most other solutions combine high-power CPU clusters with application specific NPUs. Quadric's unified architecture is flexible enough to accelerate the entire application pipeline without the need for a powerful CPU.
"It's an exciting time to be able to partner with industry powerhouses in semiconductors and AI to bring accelerated computing to the Edge," said Veerbhan Kheterpal, Co-founder and CEO of Quadric. "The market is saturated with rigid accelerators. Our product fills the void with a fully programmable multi-kernel processing architecture."
The investment will enable the company to release the next version of their novel processor architecture, improve quadric SDK performance, and roll out Intellectual Property (IP) products for integration in System on Chips (SoCs). Quadric's second-generation architecture will improve topline performance, consume less power, and maintain the familiar m.2 form factor for developer use and deployments. Samples of second-generation silicon products will be available at the end of this year. Quadric will expand the team and hire in these key product areas. Visit quadric.io/team to learn more.

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"As the AI market matures, businesses are under pressure to accelerate machine learning initiatives and need production-ready, easy-to-deploy AI solutions that don't require building from the ground up," said Tony Cannestra, director of Corporate Ventures at DENSO. "Having evaluated Quadric's q16 processor, its ability to run many types of algorithms efficiently and flexibly allows Quadric's platform to enable AI in new services and products. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Quadric and plan to integrate their IP into DENSO's SoC products."
"Our continued investment into an Edge AI leader like Quadric reflects our commitment to supporting disruptive AI-based on-device edge computing solutions," said Douglas Fairbairn, Director of Business Development at MegaChips. "Their stellar team, market traction with important customers and innovative edge AI solution all contributed to our decision to invest in Quadric. We are proud to work with Quadric to bring its end-to-end architecture products to our mutual customers in the form of customized silicon."
About Quadric
Quadric is building a unified, end-to-end hardware and software architecture optimized for on-device AI computing at the network edge. Quadric offers an integrated full-stack software and hardware platform with optimized algorithms and next-generation processor technology that delivers unmatched capabilities and efficiency across applications for high-performance edge computing. With AI becoming a business necessity in the global economy, customers need complete AI solutions deployed at scale. Leveraging an integrated full-stack platform, including best-in-class AI models, software and hardware, Quadric enables the deployment of the most impactful AI applications in the world. Quadric's unique ability to handle both neural backbones and classical dynamic data-parallel algorithms in a unified architecture is helping to create AI for everyone, everywhere. Learn more at quadric.io.

Just wondering how AKIDA would fit tin with this? My train of though is tha considering that BRN's association with Megachips is already disclosed, would they not include reference to AKIDA if that's what people are thinking?

 

[JDelekto]

Just wondering how AKIDA would fit tin with this? My train of though is tha considering that BRN's association with Megachips is already disclosed, would they not include reference to AKIDA if that's what people are thinking?

It fits within MegaChips' IP portfolio. MegaChips provides fabless chip solutions and is expanding its offerings in several areas (in this case, both BrainChip and Quadric are in their AI/ML category). This allows them to provide multiple solutions to their buyers based on their requirements.

Think of it like a vendor selling more than one type of vegetable. Of course, Quadric is going to be considered competition on some level, but MegaChips does a nice job of pointing out the key features and applications of both on their site. Let's just say that BrainChip lists more (and in some cases different) in either category.

I do not think it is anything to be alarmed about.

 

[Fullmoonfever]

Maybe posted previously but nice to see prominent branding & info on the Megachips site supporting our partnership.

 

[Deleted member 118]

News Releases | MegaChips Corporation

Please check MegaChips latest information and new releases.

megachips.com

Company Expands to U.S. Market
San Jose, Calif. – April 26, 2022 – MegaChips, the leading custom ASIC company in Japan, today announced the launch of its AI Partner Program, which allows companies to integrate powerful AI capabilities without requiring in-house AI experts, allowing vendors to focus on their key strengths and ensuring top quality for the final product.

The AI Partner Program marks the entry of MegaChips into the global Edge AI chips market, which was valued at $9 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $59.6 billion by 2030 – an average growth rate of 21.2%.

“The AI chip industry is going through many changes, including a pivot from a saturated data center market to emerging use cases for integrated processors, such as the ones you’d find in smart devices”, asserts Adrien Sanchez, Technology & Market Analyst, Computing at Yole Développement (Yole). “Edge AI chips benefit companies by allowing them to analyze data from connected devices without sending massive amounts of data into the cloud, which often results in massive costs and potential security risks.” (1)

For systems companies, some benefits of the MegaChips AI Partner Program include a dedicated team of engineers that work collaboratively with customers to identify the best ways to implement desired AI functionalities, custom “proof of concept” demonstrations, and optimization strategy in context of a complete system. For IP and ASSP vendors, MegaChips eliminates the need for hiring in-house back-end chip implementation teams.

MegaChips is also announcing its expansion into the U.S. market after extensive success in Japan. MegaChips is now delivering its full-service ASIC solution in the U.S. and offering off-the-shelf access to industry-standard IP components and secure, inhouse design services along with full manufacturing support.

“MegaChips is thrilled to offer the most turn-key solution for enterprise companies looking to implement AI technology,” said Douglas Fairbairn, Director of Business Development. “The expansion to the United States is an excellent opportunity for us to bring our edge AI expertise to some of the most innovative technology companies. Be it sensing, voice and image recognition, or other applications, MegaChips is the first and best choice for implementing Edge AI from ideation to silicon.”

About MegaChips LSI USA Corp
MegaChips is one of the world’s leading custom ASIC providers for consumer, telecom/network, industrial and automotive applications. Headquartered in Japan, with offices in Silicon Valley and Taiwan, Megachips has over 30 years in business and has successfully completed morethan 1,500 ASIC projects. MegaChips operates as an extension of our customers’ design teams, to provide a whole solution from concept-to-silicon and has recently expanded to address the growing global demand for embedded AI solutions. With a strong emphasis on cost effectiveness, delivery schedule, and product quality, MegaChips is ISO9001 certified and ensures the highest levels of intellectual property security.

Follow MegaChips on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook for more information.

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MegaChips Media Contact
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831.621.5661

 

[Rskiff]

News Releases | MegaChips Corporation

Please check MegaChips latest information and new releases.

megachips.com

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Company Expands to U.S. Market
San Jose, Calif. – April 26, 2022 – MegaChips, the leading custom ASIC company in Japan, today announced the launch of its AI Partner Program, which allows companies to integrate powerful AI capabilities without requiring in-house AI experts, allowing vendors to focus on their key strengths and ensuring top quality for the final product.

The AI Partner Program marks the entry of MegaChips into the global Edge AI chips market, which was valued at $9 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $59.6 billion by 2030 – an average growth rate of 21.2%.

“The AI chip industry is going through many changes, including a pivot from a saturated data center market to emerging use cases for integrated processors, such as the ones you’d find in smart devices”, asserts Adrien Sanchez, Technology & Market Analyst, Computing at Yole Développement (Yole). “Edge AI chips benefit companies by allowing them to analyze data from connected devices without sending massive amounts of data into the cloud, which often results in massive costs and potential security risks.” (1)

For systems companies, some benefits of the MegaChips AI Partner Program include a dedicated team of engineers that work collaboratively with customers to identify the best ways to implement desired AI functionalities, custom “proof of concept” demonstrations, and optimization strategy in context of a complete system. For IP and ASSP vendors, MegaChips eliminates the need for hiring in-house back-end chip implementation teams.

MegaChips is also announcing its expansion into the U.S. market after extensive success in Japan. MegaChips is now delivering its full-service ASIC solution in the U.S. and offering off-the-shelf access to industry-standard IP components and secure, inhouse design services along with full manufacturing support.

“MegaChips is thrilled to offer the most turn-key solution for enterprise companies looking to implement AI technology,” said Douglas Fairbairn, Director of Business Development. “The expansion to the United States is an excellent opportunity for us to bring our edge AI expertise to some of the most innovative technology companies. Be it sensing, voice and image recognition, or other applications, MegaChips is the first and best choice for implementing Edge AI from ideation to silicon.”

About MegaChips LSI USA Corp
MegaChips is one of the world’s leading custom ASIC providers for consumer, telecom/network, industrial and automotive applications. Headquartered in Japan, with offices in Silicon Valley and Taiwan, Megachips has over 30 years in business and has successfully completed morethan 1,500 ASIC projects. MegaChips operates as an extension of our customers’ design teams, to provide a whole solution from concept-to-silicon and has recently expanded to address the growing global demand for embedded AI solutions. With a strong emphasis on cost effectiveness, delivery schedule, and product quality, MegaChips is ISO9001 certified and ensures the highest levels of intellectual property security.

Follow MegaChips on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook for more information.

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All trademarks and product names are the property of their respective companies.

MegaChips Media Contact
Lauren Chouinard
FortyThree, Inc.
lauren@43pr.com
831.621.5661

Just wondering how on earth you managed to obtain a article from the future, 26th April. Can you forward us some future LOTTO numbers as well

 

[Deleted member 118]

Just wondering how on earth you managed to obtain a article from the future, 26th April. Can you forward us some future LOTTO numbers as well

 

[Slade]

News Releases | MegaChips Corporation

Please check MegaChips latest information and new releases.

megachips.com

View attachment 4764

Company Expands to U.S. Market
San Jose, Calif. – April 26, 2022 – MegaChips, the leading custom ASIC company in Japan, today announced the launch of its AI Partner Program, which allows companies to integrate powerful AI capabilities without requiring in-house AI experts, allowing vendors to focus on their key strengths and ensuring top quality for the final product.

The AI Partner Program marks the entry of MegaChips into the global Edge AI chips market, which was valued at $9 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $59.6 billion by 2030 – an average growth rate of 21.2%.

“The AI chip industry is going through many changes, including a pivot from a saturated data center market to emerging use cases for integrated processors, such as the ones you’d find in smart devices”, asserts Adrien Sanchez, Technology & Market Analyst, Computing at Yole Développement (Yole). “Edge AI chips benefit companies by allowing them to analyze data from connected devices without sending massive amounts of data into the cloud, which often results in massive costs and potential security risks.” (1)

For systems companies, some benefits of the MegaChips AI Partner Program include a dedicated team of engineers that work collaboratively with customers to identify the best ways to implement desired AI functionalities, custom “proof of concept” demonstrations, and optimization strategy in context of a complete system. For IP and ASSP vendors, MegaChips eliminates the need for hiring in-house back-end chip implementation teams.

MegaChips is also announcing its expansion into the U.S. market after extensive success in Japan. MegaChips is now delivering its full-service ASIC solution in the U.S. and offering off-the-shelf access to industry-standard IP components and secure, inhouse design services along with full manufacturing support.

“MegaChips is thrilled to offer the most turn-key solution for enterprise companies looking to implement AI technology,” said Douglas Fairbairn, Director of Business Development. “The expansion to the United States is an excellent opportunity for us to bring our edge AI expertise to some of the most innovative technology companies. Be it sensing, voice and image recognition, or other applications, MegaChips is the first and best choice for implementing Edge AI from ideation to silicon.”

About MegaChips LSI USA Corp
MegaChips is one of the world’s leading custom ASIC providers for consumer, telecom/network, industrial and automotive applications. Headquartered in Japan, with offices in Silicon Valley and Taiwan, Megachips has over 30 years in business and has successfully completed morethan 1,500 ASIC projects. MegaChips operates as an extension of our customers’ design teams, to provide a whole solution from concept-to-silicon and has recently expanded to address the growing global demand for embedded AI solutions. With a strong emphasis on cost effectiveness, delivery schedule, and product quality, MegaChips is ISO9001 certified and ensures the highest levels of intellectual property security.

Follow MegaChips on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook for more information.

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All trademarks and product names are the property of their respective companies.

MegaChips Media Contact
Lauren Chouinard
FortyThree, Inc.
lauren@43pr.com
831.621.5661

This blows me away. This is MegaChips using Akida to make another business. For real!

 

[Perhaps]

Don't know the tactics behind this expansion news, but MegaChips has an US department for many years.

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[Slade]

Time to keep the faith. A reminder.

We know that on MegaChips' website about page it states:

"In 2021, the company made multi-million-dollar investments in two key AI/IP partners, Brainchip and Quadric, to bolster its offerings in the Edge AI market. The company is now positioned to make an aggressive move into the US ASIC market, using its skills in Edge AI as a key component of that move."

And just a few days ago under the title 'MegaChips Focuses on Edge AI with Custom ASIC Solutions' we got this:

"MegaChips is thrilled to offer the most turn-key solution for enterprise companies looking to implement AI technology," said Douglas Fairbairn, Director of Business Development. "The expansion to the United States is an excellent opportunity for us to bring our edge AI expertise to some of the most innovative technology companies. Be it sensing, voice and image recognition, or other applications, MegaChips is the first and best choice for implementing Edge AI from ideation to silicon."

I have put the recent 4C behind me. Onwards and Upwards. Let's see where we are this time next year.

About MegaChips | MegaChips Corporation

Founded in 1990 as Japan's first manufacturer of R&D-oriented system LSIs, MegaChips leads the world market through innovation and creativity.

megachips.com

MegaChips Focuses on Edge AI with Custom ASIC Solutions

/PRNewswire/ -- MegaChips, the leading custom ASIC company in Japan, today announced the launch of its AI Partner Program, which allows companies to integrate...

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[Perhaps]

MegaChips aims at the edge with AI Partner Program for ASICs

Japanese ASIC provider rolling out AI partner program to get around in-house expertise

www.theregister.com

 

[TheUnfairAdvantage]

I don’t recall seeing any of the funds linked to the Megachips licence deal. Certainly none shown in this recent 4c. I’m a little confused if no monies have exchanged at this point of the relationship. It appears as though Megachips gave the secret source/sauce. I don’t think BRN have any $ from the deal yet. Any thoughts on this from anyone. Maybe I missed seeing income.

 

[Perhaps]

I don’t recall seeing any of the funds linked to the Megachips licence deal. Certainly none shown in this recent 4c. I’m a little confused if no monies have exchanged at this point of the relationship. It appears as though Megachips gave the secret source/sauce. I don’t think BRN have any $ from the deal yet. Any thoughts on this from anyone. Maybe I missed seeing income.

$2M to come, maybe next quarter, for sure 'til the end of 2022.

 

[Proga]

I don’t recall seeing any of the funds linked to the Megachips licence deal. Certainly none shown in this recent 4c. I’m a little confused if no monies have exchanged at this point of the relationship. It appears as though Megachips gave the secret source/sauce. I don’t think BRN have any $ from the deal yet. Any thoughts on this from anyone. Maybe I missed seeing income.

A licensing payment is only required when an application using BRN Akida technology is produced to sell commercially or use internally like NASA. Megachips provides turn-key solutions for enterprise companies looking to implement AI technology. Until that happens, no licence required or royalties. The money is in the royalties.

 

[DUNJIN]

This blows me away. This is MegaChips using Akida to make another business. For real!

I hope your right, but let’s not get to excited just yet.

 

[Slade]

I hope your right, but let’s not get to excited just yet.

Too late, I am very excited about this. Done deal in my mind.

 

[Perhaps]

In exchange for the IP and certain engineering services, BrainChip will receive an upfront license fee and additional payments over the term of the agreement. BrainChip is also eligible to receive additional compensation based on engineering efforts, software support fees and royalties associated with MegaChip’s customer engagements.

Megachips License Agreement - Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX:BRN)

Read the latest Progress Report news from Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX:BRN)

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[ndefries]

This blows me away. This is MegaChips using Akida to make another business. For real!

Yes this should be massive for us. They are investing in a whole new business model and capability that isn't available in the market now and they need us. Companies don't have this skill set and keeping this talent is difficult. It's going to be a fun ride with MegaChips.

 

[Slade]

Yes this should be massive for us. They are investing in a whole new business model and capability that isn't available in the market now and they need us. Companies don't have this skill set and keeping this talent is difficult. It's going to be a fun ride with MegaChips.

Hi ndefries, it is not just us that think so.

MegaChips takes aim at edge AI in US with ASIC program​

Japanese ASIC provider rolling out AI partner program to get around in-house expertise​

Dan RobinsonTue 26 Apr 2022 // 13:30 UTC

Japanese ASIC provider MegaChips is rolling out an AI partner program pitched as allowing organizations to deliver AI capabilities without requiring in-house experts. It is also expanding into the US market to sell its full ASIC design services to American tech companies.
MegaChips is a global fabless chip company that claims to work closely with its customers' design teams to deliver the tech they need in silicon. The AI Partner Program marks the entry of the business into the global edge AI chips market, estimated to be worth $9 billion in 2020, claiming there is growing demand for embedded AI solutions.
For edge AI chips, think of silicon designed to power devices at the network edge, where processing of data may need an instant reaction, power may be limited, and sending all the data back to the cloud or a datacenter for processing may be costly in terms of bandwidth and add latency.
According to MegaChips, the AI Partner Program benefits include access to a dedicated team of engineers to identify the best ways to implement desired AI functions, custom "proof of concept" demonstrations, and optimization of the complete system. It also eliminates any need for customers to have their own silicon implementation teams, it said.


The AI Partner Program appears to build on two key technology partnerships that MegaChips recently established. One is with BrainChip Holdings Ltd, an Australian AI firm, to acquire its edge-based AI solution, BrainChip Akida, a neuromorphic processor.
"By providing Akida's on-chip learning and ultra-low power Edge AI capabilities as an integrated technology in MegaChips ASIC solutions, we are able to bring practical, cutting-edge capabilities to the edge that ensure power efficiency without compromising accuracy," said BrainChip VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing Rob Telson.

The other is a stake in Quadric io, a US firm that has developed an AI inference processor for edge devices that integrates AI and DSP (digital signal processing) functions, enabling it to accelerate all the steps involved in processing data from a variety of sensors, according to the firm.​

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MegaChips also announced it is now offering its full-service ASIC solution in the US, which director of business development, Douglas Fairbairn, said is an opportunity to take its edge AI nous stateside.
At the other end of the scale, chip designer Esperanto Technologies recently showcased a processor with more than 1,000 general-purpose RISC-V cores, aimed at delivering faster and more energy-efficient AI inference performance.
The Register reported last year how AI chip startups are focusing on performance-per-dollar and energy efficiency as their competitive selling point against solutions using general-purpose processors. ®​

MegaChips aims at the edge with AI Partner Program for ASICs

Japanese ASIC provider rolling out AI partner program to get around in-house expertise

www.theregister.com

 

[Perhaps]

After the new podcast I had a deeper look into Nintendo. There'd been a leak about technical features of the forthcoming new console. Code of the Nvidia Orin platform been found. Orin with integrated Akida is in use in the Mercedes EQXX.
Again only in German, maybe you can find some further information in English.

Nintendo Switch 2/Pro: Das müssen Sie wissen

Jüngste Gerüchte deuten auf eine 4K Switch Pro im nächsten Jahr. Es gibt auch Hinweise im neuen Trailer zu "Breath of the Wild 2".

www.pcwelt.de

@Fullmoonfever
Thanks for the translation.