BRN Discussion Ongoing

[Mccabe84]

I couldn’t help myself and also got some more shares this morning. My hope/theory is that the 1500 was designed of recommendation from potential customers so hopefully one of them signs up soon. plus the 2.0 is due to be released soon and that seems to be where all the marketing is focused atm, so hopefully at least 1-2 IP deals signed be the end of the year

 

[Stockbob]

Not to be a pessimist, but going by semantics, is AKD2.0 Gen 2, or is AKD1500 Gen2 of the AKD1x range?

Akida 1500 is just the same akida 1000 minus the ARM CPU core and lesser nodes, AFAIK it doesn't have the bells n whistles i.e VIT, TENNs of the second gen IP

 

[FabricatedLunacy]

Positivity

• The AKD 1500 Reference Design has been completed successfully.

• Early availability of the AKD1500 reference design in Global Foundries’ 22nm FDX process.

• The AKD1500 is the 2nd silicon proof point and demonstrates the portability of its AkidaTM IP across multiple foundries and its ease of integration and implementation.

• Enables partners to design modules and develop advanced designs that will lead to Akida IP-integrated volume products

• AKD1500 chips from GlobalFoundries are fully functional at first silicon and will be available in limited quantities in the coming quarter.

Seems to me at least, things are going along nicely as planned....what seems to be the problem ?

You can't present a reference design/chip to potential customers to work with if it's a failure, I only see positivity in the above statements
released by the Board this morning, don't you ?

Try having a positive attitude for a change some of you, life's different on this side and a lot less dark....Tech

I am positive, me looking at my account today/this week, wont foster anyhing positive So I am not...

 

[JH2104]

I just put in an order. trying to pinch a few at 28 cents. Hopefully it will pay off in the short to medium term.

 

[Schnitzel lover]

Positivity

• The AKD 1500 Reference Design has been completed successfully.

• Early availability of the AKD1500 reference design in Global Foundries’ 22nm FDX process.

• The AKD1500 is the 2nd silicon proof point and demonstrates the portability of its AkidaTM IP across multiple foundries and its ease of integration and implementation.

• Enables partners to design modules and develop advanced designs that will lead to Akida IP-integrated volume products

• AKD1500 chips from GlobalFoundries are fully functional at first silicon and will be available in limited quantities in the coming quarter.

Seems to me at least, things are going along nicely as planned....what seems to be the problem ?

You can't present a reference design/chip to potential customers to work with if it's a failure, I only see positivity in the above statements
released by the Board this morning, don't you ?

Try having a positive attitude for a change some of you, life's different on this side and a lot less dark....Tech

Great Idea. If we're going to make patronizing remarks to shareholders then...

Let's start a crowdfunding page for BRN shareholders to recoup their losses from sticking by the company and being overwhelmingly positive. Maybe BRN executives can start with the first donations.

 

[Stockbob]

Ah fkng hell. Don't tell me this the 2.0 that was promised.

Eventhough company haven't said anything about when the 1500 reference chip will be available specifically, this gives a rough idea of turnaround from tapeout to availability, BRN taped out akida 1500 in late Jan 23 @ GF and have stated early availability in Aug 23 , so Renesas who taped out a design using akida in dec 2022 and should be available pretty soon i guess , let's see who announces it, either Renesas or BRN

 

[Mccabe84]

I couldn’t help myself and also got some more shares this morning. My hope/theory is that the 1500 was designed of recommendation from potential customers so hopefully one of them signs up soon. plus the 2.0 is due to be released soon and that seems to be where all the marketing is focused atm, so hopefully at least 1-2 IP deals signed be the end of the year

Also I don’t think the share price will go up significantly until majority of the shorts are covered

 

[toasty]

Great Idea. If we're going to make patronizing remarks to shareholders then...

Let's start a crowdfunding page for BRN shareholders to recoup their losses from sticking by the company and being overwhelmingly positive. Maybe BRN executives can start with the first donations.

Good idea. About time they felt the pain of their own commercial faliures............my opinion only.

 

[robsmark]

Also I don’t think the share price will go up significantly until majority of the shorts are covered

Agreed. These are the anchor, only to be raised once the company can prove that the market wants what we have on offer. Until then we be pretty sure that they’ll keep the downwards pressure on our share price.

I do however think due to the tight lips of our company, if a customer/contract announcement is released, it’ll come from nowhere and shorters will be scrambling to buy shares to cover - my only hope is that the liquidity isn’t available for them.

 

[Bravo]

Sweet Jeebus, please let this prototype be about us in some way, shape or form at the September Arm IPO Roadshow!

Hang in there everyone!

Article published April 2023

Arm prototype processor raises business model questions​

Business news | April 24, 2023
By Peter Clarke
SOFTWARE & EMBEDDED TOOLS MPUS/MCUS EDA & CAD TOOLS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MATERIALS & PROCESSES

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Processor IP licensor Arm Ltd. is working on a major processor development that it will take to prototype stage, according to the Financial Times, referencing unnamed sources.​

This has led to some people to question whether Arm will change its business model to compete with customers. Since its formation in 1990 Arm has always stressed it would never compete with its customers. It’s business model has been to design processor cores and then license those designs – and the architecture behind it – to fabbed and fabless chip companies.


The FT states design project is the largest ever undertaken by Arm and the engineering team is being led by Kevork Kechichian. He has held previous roles at chipmakers NXP Semiconductors and Qualcomm. The project has been underway for about six months and will demonstrate the architecture’s capabilities for a next generation of mobile devices and laptop computers.

It was not stated what manufacturing process node the processor design is being aimed at but it is expected that Arm will be working with one or more of the leading foundries; TSMC, Samsung and Intel.

No plans….yet​

Arm has made prototypes and test circuits before. It helps foundries prove their next generation manufacturing processes and gives Arm and its licensees confidence that processors designed to the Arm architecture will yield well in that process. The FT reported that sources close to Arm insist that the company has no plans to sell or even license the processor prototype.


Nonetheless some observers point out that Arm is serving a diminishing pool of advanced chip companies. It has come under pressure to change business practices and improve profitability on behalf of its owner SoftBank Group. SoftBank is desperate to raise money via an IPO of Arm shares on the NASDAQ market later this year. If the prototype is sufficiently advanced in performance Arm could be tempted to take it to market itself and make the jump to becoming a fabless chip company itself.

Arm prototype processor raises business model questions

Processor IP licensor Arm Ltd. is working on a major processor development that it will take to prototype, according to the Financial Times.

www.eenewseurope.com

 

[curlednoodles]

Agreed. These are the anchor, only to be raised once the company can prove that the market wants what we have on offer. Until then we be pretty sure that they’ll keep the downwards pressure on our share price.

I do however think due to the tight lips of our company, if a customer/contract announcement is released, it’ll come from nowhere and shorters will be scrambling to buy shares to cover - my only hope is that the liquidity isn’t available for them.

Thats what triggered the short squeeze after the Mercedes news dropped. Came out of nowhere and caught shorters by surprise.

 

[toasty]

Positivity

• The AKD 1500 Reference Design has been completed successfully.

• Early availability of the AKD1500 reference design in Global Foundries’ 22nm FDX process.

• The AKD1500 is the 2nd silicon proof point and demonstrates the portability of its AkidaTM IP across multiple foundries and its ease of integration and implementation.

• Enables partners to design modules and develop advanced designs that will lead to Akida IP-integrated volume products

• AKD1500 chips from GlobalFoundries are fully functional at first silicon and will be available in limited quantities in the coming quarter.

Seems to me at least, things are going along nicely as planned....what seems to be the problem ?

You can't present a reference design/chip to potential customers to work with if it's a failure, I only see positivity in the above statements
released by the Board this morning, don't you ?

Try having a positive attitude for a change some of you, life's different on this side and a lot less dark....Tech

Demonstrates, enables, availability...........all nice words but have a look at what the market thinks of them. The reality is that BRN is a publicly listed ASX company and the board and CEO have a moral and fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of their stakeholders - i.e. us. To sit on the sidelines saying nothing of real substance except things like "the share price will do what the share price will do" and "it is what it is" whilst so many shareholders' investments are decimated is, in my opinion, a disgrace. A good start on restoring some credibility in the market would be for the board and CEO to take a pay cut and suspend any further management bonuses until there is some demonstrable commercial success. As it stands, they are fiddling while Rome burns.........all in my opinion.

 

[Diogenese]

Positivity

• The AKD 1500 Reference Design has been completed successfully.

• Early availability of the AKD1500 reference design in Global Foundries’ 22nm FDX process.

• The AKD1500 is the 2nd silicon proof point and demonstrates the portability of its AkidaTM IP across multiple foundries and its ease of integration and implementation.

• Enables partners to design modules and develop advanced designs that will lead to Akida IP-integrated volume products

• AKD1500 chips from GlobalFoundries are fully functional at first silicon and will be available in limited quantities in the coming quarter.

Seems to me at least, things are going along nicely as planned....what seems to be the problem ?

You can't present a reference design/chip to potential customers to work with if it's a failure, I only see positivity in the above statements
released by the Board this morning, don't you ?

Try having a positive attitude for a change some of you, life's different on this side and a lot less dark....Tech

Hi Tech,

It's interesting that the 1500 has 8 nodes (32 NPUs). This will be capable of supporting fairly powerful NNs, and, in addition, for tasks requiring more than 8 nodes, Akida's ability to dynamically reprogram for a second or further run through the nodes can be demonstrated.

 

[rgupta]

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Just like akida 1000 1st batch is available, gone into testing, performance results better than expected, chips are allocated, after two years it was not robust, software was not available.
No one wants to believe akida 1000 was a flop and we could not even recover the costs leave alone profits.

 

[Schnitzel lover]

Good idea. About time they felt the pain of their own commercial faliures............my opinion only.

Na I was just being passive aggressive. Positivity is what we need..

Just need a few days to clear out the BRN pain..

Come on BRN! Lets go!

 

[Townyj]

Just like akida 1000 1st batch is available, gone into testing, performance results better than expected, chips are allocated, after two years it was not robust, software was not available.
No one wants to believe akida 1000 was a flop and we could not even recover the costs leave alone profits.

Wot? We mainly sell IP.. so not sure what your on about. Seems like Renesas, Megachips, NASA, Edge Impulse and alot of others are fine using it. So errrr.

Its robust enough for ANT61 to wanna send into space as well.

 

[Mccabe84]

Just like akida 1000 1st batch is available, gone into testing, performance results better than expected, chips are allocated, after two years it was not robust, software was not available.
No one wants to believe akida 1000 was a flop and we could not even recover the costs leave alone profits.

Depends how you look at it. To me a flop means nothing comes from it ( end of that tech ). We have 2 IP deals with that came from it, plus we also had companies that tested it and gave BRN recommendations that they would like hence the 1500 and others to come. So is it really a flop like you said . I don’t think it is.

 

[rgupta]

Wot? We mainly sell IP.. so not sure what your on about. Seems like Edge Impulse and alot of others are fine using it. So errrr.

Harsh reality is that we could not sell enough chips or ips with akida 1000
But yes we got a line in our profile 1st neurophonic chip producer. We come in front of Intel and IBM as they cannot launch their product. The strategy only helped the day traders and shorters while the long term holders are crying.

 

[Vladsblood]

Demonstrates, enables, availability...........all nice words but have a look at what the market thinks of them. The reality is that BRN is a publicly listed ASX company and the board and CEO have a moral and fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of their stakeholders - i.e. us. To sit on the sidelines saying nothing of real substance except things like "the share price will do what the share price will do" and "it is what it is" whilst so many shareholders' investments are decimated is, in my opinion, a disgrace. A good start on restoring some credibility in the market would be for the board and CEO to take a pay cut and suspend any further management bonuses until there is some demonstrable commercial success. As it stands, they are fiddling while Rome burns.........all in my opinion.

Saw the worst with Spl and their ceo now retiring as sold sp has sunk. She retires with millions and shareholders get a gutted sp as their return for years of loyalty. I got out some time back…years ago lucky too. Vlad

 

[rgupta]

Depends how you look at it. To me a flop means nothing comes from it ( end of that tech ). We have 2 IP deals with that came from it, plus we also had companies that tested it and gave BRN recommendations that they would like hence the 1500 and others to come. So is it really a flop like you said . I don’t think it is.

Flop to me when you cannot recover the cost of product from the sale of product. There was no strategy, no orders etc.
That leads into LDN termination. Now if the present management delivers the same way that will be a termination of a lot of faith and wealth invested by long term holders.