Quantum appears to be considerably involved in Autonomous Vehicles. Quantum have even used their work with an unnamed global leader of electronics for next-generation vehicles in a case study. Perhaps this is one of the unnamed companies BrainChip is working with? I wonder how much progress has been made since the announcement "BrainChip and Quantum to Demonstrate Interoperability of BrainChip Studio with
StorNext File System"? At least BrainChip is listed as one of Quantum's technology partners.
Finally, let's not forget that BrainChip Holdings Ltd March 2018 Quarter Update:
Quantum Corporation Interoperability EstablishedAlso during the quarter, BrainChip was selected to provide its AI-powered object search and facial recognition technology to Quantum Corporation. Quantum, San Jose, California is a leading supplier of large-scale storage including both disk and tape backup. Storage is a fundamental component in Civil Surveillance, Public Safety, Commercial Surveillance, the Internet-of-Things (IoT), Big Data and the Media and Entertainment markets. Other leading suppliers in the storage market include HP, Dell/EMC, IBM, NetApp and Hitachi. The Company’s SNN search capabilities have already garnered attention with these large Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
The storage market opportunity represents potential revenue for the Company estimated in the range of US$20M to US$30M annually beginning in late 2018 with significant growth opportunities as the technology is expected to achieve widespread adoption. The potential Revenue is based on the Company’s expectations of modest penetration in a very large market. The opportunities represent either; an agreement to integrate
BrainChip products with their system, or to market
BrainChip products with their products to provide a complete solution.
"BrainChip products"... sounds like this may include Akida in some form? Possibly as an IP Block? It's worth noting that Akida was delayed by at least a quarter, so that potential revenue stated above might not start making an appearance until early 2019, if it's referring to Akida.
BrainChip Holdings Ltd March 2018 Quarter Update
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180430/pdf/43tm04sqnmmljd.pdfBrainChip and Quantum to Demonstrate Interoperability of BrainChip Studio with StorNext File System
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180327/pdf/43sr67s57drfpw.pdfBrainChip Ships First BrainChip Accelerator To a Major European Car Maker for Evaluation in ADAS and AV Systems
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20171024/pdf/43nj2nthw3zzyb.pdfhttps://www.quantum.com/en/partners/technology-partners/https://www.quantum.com/autonomyhttps://www.quantum.com/en/resources/customer-success/autonomous-vehicle/Global Automotive Supplier Accelerates Autonomous Vehicle Development with Quantum’s Multi-Tier Storage Solution
https://www.quantum.com/globalassets/customer-success/case-studies-pdf/global-automotive-supplier-accelerates-autonomous-vehicle-development-with-quantums-multi-tier-storage-solutio-cs00410a.pdf
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