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[Learning]

Thanks Jess & JK

ARM Ecosystem
230 Billion chips so far.
7 Billion chips in last quarter.

RT: Our current mutual customers!

Kevin Ryan:
AI/ML is standard of IoT
Brainchip Neuromorphic help ARM Ecosystem to solve some very specific use cases.
ARM IP A class M class & Ethos and partner like Brainchip give ARM the ability to scale.

Wow, what a Podcast.
Learning.

 

[TopCat]

Thanks Jess & JK

ARM Ecosystem
230 Billion chips so far.
7 Billion chips in last quarter.

RT: Our current mutual customers!

Kevin Ryan:
AI/ML is standard of IoT
Braunchip Neuromorphic help ARM Ecosystem to solve some very specific use cases.
ARM IP A class M class & Ethos and partner like Brainchip give ARM the ability to scale.

Wow, what a Podcast.
Learning.

How does Brainchip fit in with Virtual Hardware? What is it? Anyone with an easy explanation?

 

[VictorG]

Not cheap but so much better.
PM me for your orders.

P

 

[newpunta]

BULL-SHIT

Sellers
Price	Volume	Sellers
0.630	179,915	16
0.635	531,250	21
0.640	866,945	29
0.645	466,304	19

 

[alwaysgreen]

Looking forward to listening to the podcast. About to go on a drive for an hour so perfect timing.

Unfortunately won't be able to take notes but will relay anything that really stands out.

 

[Learning]

How does Brainchip fit in with Virtual Hardware? What is it? Anyone with an easy explanation?

Hi TopCat,

I don't have the technology knowledge to answer your question.
But what I gather is Virtual hardware is cloud base, eg, a certain software could run on ARM hardware (date centre) and fee it back to the original software. So if that's is the case, Akida IP could integrate in to ARM hardware. So software can run it virtually.

That's just me on my basic understanding. So I can be wrong.

Some of our technical members can explain better.



Learning

 

[buena suerte :-)]

 

[wilzy123]

Hi TopCat,

I don't have the technology knowledge to answer your question.
But what I gather is Virtual hardware is cloud base, eg, a certain software could run on ARM hardware (date centre) and fee it back to the original software. So if that's is the case, Akida IP could integrate in to ARM hardware. So software can run it virtually.

That's just me on my basic understanding. So I can be wrong.

Some of our technical members can explain better.

Learning

Essentially, yes.

Virtualised hardware is basically software that mimics hardware based resources/services. You can run virtualised hardware locally on your own device or you could also have it provisioned to you via the internet - that's one of the key benefits of virtualisation.... it's ability to be easily distributed and not be limited (to a large extent) to a physical location.

 

[Learning]

Essentially, yes.

Virtualised hardware is basically software that mimics hardware based resources/services. You can run virtualised hardware locally on your own device or you could also have it provisioned to you via the internet - that's one of the key benefits of virtualisation.... it's ability to be easily distributed and not be limited (to a large extent) to a physical location.

Thanks wilzy123,

Learning

 

[TopCat]

Essentially, yes.

Virtualised hardware is basically software that mimics hardware based resources/services. You can run virtualised hardware locally on your own device or you could also have it provisioned to you via the internet - that's one of the key benefits of virtualisation.... it's ability to be easily distributed and not be limited (to a large extent) to a physical location.

Thanks Wilzy123, so it’s possible to bundle Akida up in an app and download it to a smart phone or would it be a bit more involved/complex than that?

 

[wilzy123]

so it’s possible to bundle Akida up in an app and download it to a smart phone

Exactly! Or even have it embedded in the phone operating system (i.e. Android or iOS) - which is again, software.

 

[Diogenese]

How does Brainchip fit in with Virtual Hardware? What is it? Anyone with an easy explanation?

Virtual hardware is a software simulation of a chip. It is a program that runs on a computer and performs the same functions as the chip, given the same inputs.
BrainChip's MetaTF includes a software simulation of Akida.

 

[Diogenese]

Thanks Wilzy123, so it’s possible to bundle Akida up in an app and download it to a smart phone or would it be a bit more involved/complex than that?

The problem with running the Akida simulation programme on another processor is that you lose much of the speed advantage while using more power compared with the Akida chip. It is there for learning/development/demonstration purposes.

 

[wilzy123]

The problem with running the Akida simulation programme on another processor is that you lose much of the speed advantage while using more power compared with the Akida chip. It is there for learning/development/demonstration purposes.

True - which may still be sufficient - I guess it all comes down to application / requirements.

 

[Dhm]

Essentially, yes.

Virtualised hardware is basically software that mimics hardware based resources/services. You can run virtualised hardware locally on your own device or you could also have it provisioned to you via the internet - that's one of the key benefits of virtualisation.... it's ability to be easily distributed and not be limited (to a large extent) to a physical location.

But playing devils advocate here, that isn’t primarily what we are after because our forte is edge sensor inference and processing on chip without the need of cloud computing. I guess we can’t be all the solutions for all the problems.

 

[Diogenese]

True - which may still be sufficient - I guess it all comes down to application / requirements.

That takes us back to the Studio days.

 

[Onboard21]

I'm a long term BRN holder (6 years) but I don't usually post. Just watch and learn. (I'm not a tech person)
I would like to ask a question about IP licenses.
Is the revenue for an IP license collected once the production of an item is underway or when the item is sold?

 

[skutza]

Yes you're probably right, they'll be bleating about something else when revenue kicks in. I long for the day when we can make MF eat humble pie

You have to understand that they are in a win win/no lose situation. They bad mouth BRN on it's decline as that is easy to point out possible reason. When they ann something substantial and the SP starts to rocket they then can say at the time of posting/publishing they were correct. When things go good they can then say it's a buy now because of XYZ. Then they look like they know what they're doing. It's basically tabloid journalism but in a investor sense. Look at their track record you can see it all the time. Any company like MF is the same. When they get it right, they are gods, when they get it wrong, its because of the market, the war the whatever. Same as posters here sometimes lol. But the difference is they unfortunately get paid to do what we do for free.

 

[wilzy123]

I'm a long term BRN holder (6 years) but I don't usually post. Just watch and learn. (I'm not a tech person)
I would like to ask a question about IP licenses.
Is the revenue for an IP license collected once the production of an item is underway or when the item is sold?

There will be some money collected upfront for the licensing agreement ... then royalties are payable to BRN when an item with Akida in it is sold. Akida will be part of another component, and will likely attract a royalty as a percentage of the selling price of that component or a fixed amount per use within the design.

As I understand it, this is essentially the same/similar to the ARM IP model.

 

[Dhm]

There will be some money collected upfront for the licensing agreement ... then royalties are payable to BRN when an item with Akida in it is sold. Akida will be part of another component, and will likely attract a royalty as a percentage of the selling price of that component or a fixed amount per use within the design.

As I understand it, this is essentially the same/similar to the ARM IP model.

I seem to remember in the half yearly numbers a couple of $1 million dollar licence fees from (was it) MegaChips. And the ARM model is similar? But what if a smaller company with lesser aspirations wanted to use Akida for say, a small family owned home security company. Would they pay a scaled down licensing fee to ARM based on their future revenue projections?