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MicroChip's PolarFire 2 SoC FPGAs
Here's something interesting to ponder. After reading this recent article, I'm wondering whether it could have potentially uncovered something that may be referring to us being incorporated in Microchip’s formal rollout of the new mid-range FPGA and SoC family that will occur at the Mi-V conference later this year.
Looking back on the history, we know that BrainChip has a relationship with SiFive. In a press release from SiFive, they said they'll be working with us on the X280 in the Intelligence Series (see below).
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BrainChip and SiFive partner on next-generation edge AI chips
BrainChip and SiFive have combined the former's Akida architecture with the latter's RISC-V processors to bring AI and ML to the edge.www.edgecomputing-news.com
And Microchip has been working with SiFive since 2015. And MicroChip and Si-Five and NASA have also been working together. A couple of snippets from this article (below) make me wonder if AKIDA could be what SiFive is referring to as their “Intelligence Extensions,” which they say “are custom instructions that SiFive developed to accelerate AI/ML operations”. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we're involved in some way, shape or form in the roll-out of PolarFire 2 SoC FPGAs later this year. Anyway, it's all very interconnected and exciting IMO but my cousin is coming to lunch in a few minutes time so I'm typing this as fast as my little fingers will allow, so those who have a penchant for dot collecting, can do your thang!
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Does 2+2=4? Microchip announces PolarFire 2; You Do the Math
Microchip previewed its PolarFire 2 mid-range SoC FPGA family at the RISC-V Summit last month in two presentations including a keynote given by Bruce Weyer, the company’s Corporate VP for FPGAs. Al…www.eejournal.com
Just to make it clear in regards to the above, I believe there's a very decent chance that we're in NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC), in other words in PolarFire 2 SoC via SiFive's X280 processor cores because the timing is spot on within NASA's target time IMO. Microchip previewed its PolarFire 2 mid-range SoC FPGA family at the RISC-V Summit in December 2022.
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Good to see the TRL has increased to 4 indicating things are progressing.
I think last time I reviewed SBIR TRL was 2. Seems at the end of this the project will be at 6.
What's My TRL Score?
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is widely used as an approximate measure of a technology’s maturity level. This method of evaluating a technology was originally created for the aerospace industry, but has been adopted by many other areas of technology as well. The TRL assessment can be used to...
The summary of the various TRL levels is as follows:
- TRL 1 is the beginning stages of any technology and encompasses basic research.
- TRL 2 moves from basic technology research into proving the feasibility of the application and applied research.
- TRL 3 moves the technology beyond the paper stage to the experimental stage. Components of the technology are being tested at this phase.
- TRL 4 moves into technology development and is the first step in determining if the components will work together as a system.
- TRL 5 moves the technology from development into demonstration. The technology should almost be at a prototypical level.
- TRL 6 continues with the technology demonstration and begins the true engineering scale, moving beyond the laboratory scale. At this phase, the prototype should be able to perform all the functions required in the operational system and the testing environment should closely resemble the actual operating environment.
- TRL 7 begins system commissioning and requires demonstration of an actual system prototype in a relevant environment. Final design is just about complete.
- TRL 8 proves the technology functions as designed and has been proven to work. This phase represents the end of system development.
- TRL 9 is a system that is fully operational. The technology is complete and is functioning in whole in the targeted environment.
TestGood to see the TRL has increased to 4 indicating things are progressing.
I think last time I reviewed SBIR TRL was 2. Seems at the end of this the project will be at 6.
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What's My TRL Score?
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is widely used as an approximate measure of a technology’s maturity level. This method of evaluating a technology was originally created for the aerospace industry, but has been adopted by many other areas of technology as well. The TRL assessment can be used to...sbirguide.com
The summary of the various TRL levels is as follows:
- TRL 1 is the beginning stages of any technology and encompasses basic research.
- TRL 2 moves from basic technology research into proving the feasibility of the application and applied research.
- TRL 3 moves the technology beyond the paper stage to the experimental stage. Components of the technology are being tested at this phase.
- TRL 4 moves into technology development and is the first step in determining if the components will work together as a system.
- TRL 5 moves the technology from development into demonstration. The technology should almost be at a prototypical level.
- TRL 6 continues with the technology demonstration and begins the true engineering scale, moving beyond the laboratory scale. At this phase, the prototype should be able to perform all the functions required in the operational system and the testing environment should closely resemble the actual operating environment.
- TRL 7 begins system commissioning and requires demonstration of an actual system prototype in a relevant environment. Final design is just about complete.
- TRL 8 proves the technology functions as designed and has been proven to work. This phase represents the end of system development.
- TRL 9 is a system that is fully operational. The technology is complete and is functioning in whole in the targeted environment.
Hi Bravo,MicroChip's PolarFire 2 SoC FPGAs
Here's something interesting to ponder. After reading this recent article, I'm wondering whether it could have potentially uncovered something that may be referring to us being incorporated in Microchip’s formal rollout of the new mid-range FPGA and SoC family that will occur at the Mi-V conference later this year.
Looking back on the history, we know that BrainChip has a relationship with SiFive. In a press release from SiFive, they said they'll be working with us on the X280 in the Intelligence Series (see below).
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BrainChip and SiFive partner on next-generation edge AI chips
BrainChip and SiFive have combined the former's Akida architecture with the latter's RISC-V processors to bring AI and ML to the edge.
And Microchip has been working with SiFive since 2015. And MicroChip and Si-Five and NASA have also been working together. A couple of snippets from this article (below) make me wonder if AKIDA could be what SiFive is referring to as their “Intelligence Extensions,” which they say “are custom instructions that SiFive developed to accelerate AI/ML operations”. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we're involved in some way, shape or form in the roll-out of PolarFire 2 SoC FPGAs later this year. Anyway, it's all very interconnected and exciting IMO but my cousin is coming to lunch in a few minutes time so I'm typing this as fast as my little fingers will allow, so those who have a penchant for dot collecting, can do your thang!
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Does 2+2=4? Microchip announces PolarFire 2; You Do the Math
Microchip previewed its PolarFire 2 mid-range SoC FPGA family at the RISC-V Summit last month in two presentations including a keynote given by Bruce Weyer, the company’s Corporate VP for FPGAs. Al…
Fantastic research (as usual).
A few interesting spikes, but I don't think it reaches the synaptic threshold ... yet.
One negative spike is the reference to "custom instructions that SiFive developed to accelerate neural network computation".
SiFive Intelligence X280 - SiFive
SiFive Intelligence™ X200 Series
Optimized for AI/ML compute at the edge, SiFive Intelligence X200 Series features multi-core capable RISC-V processors with vector extensions, along with SiFive Intelligence Extensions.
www.sifive.com
To me, this reads as in-house software that SiFive developed. Now, as we all know, Akida could do this much faster and more efficiently, so there is definite scope for the inclusion of Akida in lieu ... and that is probably the objective of the BrainChip/SiFive partnership, but I don't think it has quite come to fruition yet.
No doubt they have done the simulations, but I don't think they would have the production silicon yet, though I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong.
DollazAndSense
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This is by all means not new information from NVISO's website.. but sometimes it's easy to forget that while we expect Brainchip to put numbers on the board, legislation is applying time pressure on manafacturers to implement monitoring systems that is highly unlikely Akida won't be a part of:
- "6th July 2022 the new Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council has mandated driver drowsiness and attention warning (DDAW) systems for all new type-approved motor vehicles of categories M and N from 6 July 2022 and from 7 July 2024 for all new vehicle registrations. This regulation is expected to accelerate the adoption of AI within interior monitoring systems of drivers and occupants."
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Bravo
If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Hi Bravo,
Fantastic research (as usual).
A few interesting spikes, but I don't think it reaches the synaptic threshold ... yet.
One negative spike is the reference to "custom instructions that SiFive developed to accelerate neural network computation".
SiFive Intelligence X280 - SiFive
SiFive Intelligence™ X200 Series
Optimized for AI/ML compute at the edge, SiFive Intelligence X200 Series features multi-core capable RISC-V processors with vector extensions, along with SiFive Intelligence Extensions.www.sifive.com
To me, this reads as in-house software that SiFive developed. Now, as we all know, Akida could do this much faster and more efficiently, so there is definite scope for the inclusion of Akida in lieu ... and that is probably the objective of the BrainChip/SiFive partnership, but I don't think it has quite come to fruition yet.
No doubt they have done the simulations, but I don't think they would have the production silicon yet, though I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong.
Thanks Dodgy-knees!
This article says that SiFive can develop a chip design in under 3 months and they can help customers design a RISC-V CPU in under one hour, so they're not averse to working fast. We started partnering with them on their Intelligence Series in April 2022, so fingers crossed!
BrainChip and SiFive Partner to Deploy AI/ML Technology at the Edge
BrainChip and SiFive partner to combined their respective technologies to offer chip designers optimized AI/ML compute at the edge.
brainchip.com
IMO .... I expect this 4C and the next 4C which will be released just before the AGM should show improved revenue levels so as not to cause issues or s/holder questioning for Sean H our CEO at that meeting.
buena suerte :-)
BOB Bank of Brainchip
Too right!Thanks Dodgy-knees!
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BrainChip and SiFive Partner to Deploy AI/ML Technology at the Edge
BrainChip and SiFive partner to combined their respective technologies to offer chip designers optimized AI/ML compute at the edge.
We have a few partners who are capable of expediting commercial production:
ARM;
Intel;
Socionext;
SiFive;
MegaChips;
Renesas;
... I'll even throw in Valeo here, because they have tremendous clout ...
and there's all our other friends who think we're the bee's knees:
nViso;
Prophesee;
Mercedes;
ISL; ...
not to mention all our secret friends flying under the LiDaR ...
... when the dam bursts ...
Realinfo
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We can do better than this !!
Me, myself personally is of the belief that it‘s imperative we maintain robust discussion and debate, without the need to use offensive or abusive language.
I understand both sides of the argument regarding our Battler’s communication, and performance, or lack thereof. It’s healthy to disagree, to have different opinions…but please, have the debate in a respectful manner.
Hey hey has until the AGM in May to produce what he said (or certainly suggested) in the middle of 2022.
During this period, we have the final 4C for 2022 at the end of January, the full year results towards the end of February, and the first quarter 4C for 2023 at the end of April.
The full year report is the one I’m most looking forward to.
Directors and senior management expressed extremely positive forecasts in late 2021 and the first half of 2022. Later we had Hey hey talking about headwinds and wars to explain away slower than expected progress. For mine they are simply excuses, for creating the expectation that is now trying to be diffused.
Btw…I the invitation remains, but I don’t expect to have to pay up.
Me, myself personally is of the belief that it‘s imperative we maintain robust discussion and debate, without the need to use offensive or abusive language.
I understand both sides of the argument regarding our Battler’s communication, and performance, or lack thereof. It’s healthy to disagree, to have different opinions…but please, have the debate in a respectful manner.
Hey hey has until the AGM in May to produce what he said (or certainly suggested) in the middle of 2022.
During this period, we have the final 4C for 2022 at the end of January, the full year results towards the end of February, and the first quarter 4C for 2023 at the end of April.
The full year report is the one I’m most looking forward to.
Directors and senior management expressed extremely positive forecasts in late 2021 and the first half of 2022. Later we had Hey hey talking about headwinds and wars to explain away slower than expected progress. For mine they are simply excuses, for creating the expectation that is now trying to be diffused.
Btw…I the invitation remains, but I don’t expect to have to pay up.
Sirod69
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Future versions of Windows will be AI-powered
Hanno Labuschagne16 January 2023A future version of Windows will be deeply integrated with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Neowin reports.
Microsoft executive vice president and chief product officer Panos Panay recently revealed as much during a discussion with AMD CEO Lisa Su at CES 2023 earlier in January.
The pair spoke about the new AI engine in AMD’s Ryzen 7040 chips, the first x86 processors to feature a dedicated on-chip AI engine.
Panay said technology like this would enable Microsoft to build AI-powered software, which required a huge amount of compute power.
Panay also said that the industry was at an inflexion point when it came to AI, which he labelled the defining technology of our time.
“It’s like nothing I have ever seen before. It’s transforming industries, it’s improving our daily lives in many ways — some of it you see, some of it you don’t see,” said Panay.
Future versions of Windows will be AI-powered
Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay said several types of AI systems could be baked into a new version of Windows, including large generative models for language, coding, and imagery.
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Can't agree with you about "excuses".
After the initial rosy forecast, the whole world has blundered into turmoil. Apart from the war, there is:
the China threat,
US recession,
tech companies "right sizing",
belt tightening,
inflation,
bear market,
tech company SP collapse, ...
These ae all real factors which have a real cumulative effect in the real world.
No doubt there are tech company execs who have had to watch their performance bonuses go down the gurgler.
Yes, I'm disappointed that we may have to defer our expectations for a few months, but I still believe that, with all the positive announcements we have had, it will happen.
I certainly don't think the circumstances call for casting nasturtiums on senior management.
Now here's a really useful invention:
CA2636886A1 MODELS, METHODS, TECHNIQUES TO MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER, AND AUTOMATING THESE OPERATIONS (M&T)
[0002] June 1e, 2008 Note: not to be publicly published until International Patent Application has Occurred Gerard Voon
Claims
New Technologies, New MODELS, New Techniques and Method In the below we use Artificial Intelligence/computer algorithm METHODS/TECHNIQUES to control/manage/regulate/monitor and AUTOMATE (words used interchangeable) and as well we use terms robots and exoskeletons interchangeable since their abilities are close - that carry out the METHODS/TECHNIQUES to control/manage/regulate/monitor and AUTOMATE. And apply them to mimic any and all management (the earlier; Artificial Intelligence/computer algorithm) and work (the latter; robots and exoskeletons eg. robotic arms) that do any and all of the mechanical/functions/operations converted from existing to better automated.
Artificial Intelligence and computer algorithm(s) as the same thing...Virtual Reality, Neural Links and manual/remote controUautomated/joy stickANi/glove controls/computer controls, eg. key boards; cursor; and/or all electronic control manipulators automated are used interchangeability in their ability to be used for ways to experience (eg. feedback) and control any and all automated/mechanical/electronic ... any and everything... Artificial Intelligence/Neural Links with other human remote control, develop and manage the inventions and control robots that do regular check ups and maintenance and/or repair on all the equipment. Because thoughts are so instant (eg. the cliche the speed of thought) we want to develop a Neural Links/Artificial Intelligence that can tell the difference between an simulation/test (eg. actors pretending to respond the way the role requires) versus a correct desired general and/or specific outcome driven wanted verbal and/or action physical doing.
Unfortunately, Gerard has claimed all applications of artificial intelligence and neural networks. Bummer!
NB: This patent application lapsed before grant.
PS: He included a self-portrait in the patent application.
CA2636886A1 MODELS, METHODS, TECHNIQUES TO MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER, AND AUTOMATING THESE OPERATIONS (M&T)
[0002] June 1e, 2008 Note: not to be publicly published until International Patent Application has Occurred Gerard Voon
Claims
New Technologies, New MODELS, New Techniques and Method In the below we use Artificial Intelligence/computer algorithm METHODS/TECHNIQUES to control/manage/regulate/monitor and AUTOMATE (words used interchangeable) and as well we use terms robots and exoskeletons interchangeable since their abilities are close - that carry out the METHODS/TECHNIQUES to control/manage/regulate/monitor and AUTOMATE. And apply them to mimic any and all management (the earlier; Artificial Intelligence/computer algorithm) and work (the latter; robots and exoskeletons eg. robotic arms) that do any and all of the mechanical/functions/operations converted from existing to better automated.
Artificial Intelligence and computer algorithm(s) as the same thing...Virtual Reality, Neural Links and manual/remote controUautomated/joy stickANi/glove controls/computer controls, eg. key boards; cursor; and/or all electronic control manipulators automated are used interchangeability in their ability to be used for ways to experience (eg. feedback) and control any and all automated/mechanical/electronic ... any and everything... Artificial Intelligence/Neural Links with other human remote control, develop and manage the inventions and control robots that do regular check ups and maintenance and/or repair on all the equipment. Because thoughts are so instant (eg. the cliche the speed of thought) we want to develop a Neural Links/Artificial Intelligence that can tell the difference between an simulation/test (eg. actors pretending to respond the way the role requires) versus a correct desired general and/or specific outcome driven wanted verbal and/or action physical doing.
Unfortunately, Gerard has claimed all applications of artificial intelligence and neural networks. Bummer!
NB: This patent application lapsed before grant.
PS: He included a self-portrait in the patent application.
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