Wrong there are already three and one of those three Ford, Valeo and SOCIONEXT already knows everything there is too known about the AKIDA1000 chip as well as the whole proposed suite of AKIDA products and once they have completed the TURNKEY AGREEMENT to produce AKIDA1000 the following will occur as per the BrainChip market sensitive announcement on 22 March, 2020.
It is interesting that ARGO has Ford and VW as clients and is worth 7 billion dollars and BrainChip has SOCIONEXT, VALEO AND FORD and is struggling to excite the market however when investors have not even read the last six months market sensitive announcements what would you expect. I have made bold the statement of Noriaki Kubo Corporate Executive Vice President of Socionext Inc to make it even easier:
BrainChip and Socionext Provide a New Low-Power Artificial Intelligence
Platform for AI Edge Applications
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• Socionext to offer its SynQuacerTM Multi-Core Processor with BrainChip’s
AkidaTM SoC
• BrainChip will provide training, technical and customer support
• Companies will jointly identify target end markets and customers
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Aliso Viejo, California – 22 March 2020 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN), a leading
provider of ultra-low power high performance AI technology today announced that
Socionext Inc., a leader in advanced SoC solutions for video and imaging systems, will offer
customers an Artificial Intelligence Platform that includes the Akida SoC, an ultra-low power
high performance AI technology.
BrainChip has developed an advanced neural networking processor that brings artificial
intelligence to the edge in a way that existing technologies are not capable. This innovative,
event-based, neural network processor is inspired by the event-based nature of the human
brain. The resulting technology is high performance, small, ultra-low power and enables a
wide array of edge capabilities that include local inference and incremental learning.
Socionext has played an important role in the implementation of BrainChip’s Akida IC,
which required the engineering teams from both companies to work in concert. BrainChip’s
AI technology provides a complete ultra-low power AI Edge Network for vision, audio, and
smart transducers without the need for a host processor or external memory. The need for
AI in edge computing is growing, and Socionext and BrainChip plan to work together in
expanding this business in the global market.
Complementing the Akida SoC, BrainChip will provide training and technical customer
support, including network simulation on the Akida Development Environment (ADE),
emulation on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and engineering support for Akida
applications.
Socionext also offers a high-efficiency, parallel multi-core processor SynQuacerTM SC2A11
as a server solution for various applications. Socionext’s processor is available now and the
two companies expect the Akida SoC engineering samples to be available in the third
quarter of 2020.
In addition to integrating BrainChip’s AI technology in an SoC, system developers and
OEMs may combine BrainChip’s proprietary Akida device and Socionext’s processor to
create high-speed, high-density, low-power systems to perform image and video analysis,
recognition and segmentation in surveillance systems, live-streaming and other video
applications.
“Our neural network technology enables ultra-low power AI technology to be implemented
effectively in edge applications”, said Louis DiNardo, CEO of BrainChip. “Edge devices
have size and power consumption constraints that require a high degree of integration in IC
solutions. The combination of BrainChip’s technology and Socionext’s ASIC expertise fulfills
the requirements of edge applications. We look forward to working with the Socionext in
commercial engagements.”
“As a leading provider of ASICs worldwide, we are pleased to offer our customers advanced
technologies driving new innovations,” said Noriaki Kubo, Corporate Executive Vice
President of Socionext Inc. “The Akida family of products allows us to stay at the forefront of
the burgeoning AI market. BrainChip and Socionext have successfully collaborated on the
Akida IC development and together, we aim to commercialize this product family and
support our increasingly diverse customer base.”
This announcement is authorised for release by the BRN Board of Directors.
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