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BrainChip Adds Edge Box to Chip and IP Offerings
By Sally Ward-Foxton 03.05.2024 0Share Post
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BrainChip has become the latest edge AI chip maker to make its chips available in an “edge box” appliance, via Indian ODM VVDN.
Edge boxes are small standalone systems for AI acceleration, typically used for multi-camera video analytics in smart city or surveillance applications, or in industrial applications where sensor data is aggregated for analysis. They’re becoming an increasingly popular path to market for edge AI chip makers.
BrainChip will continue to offer first- and second-generation Akida chips and licenses for its Akida IP for SoC designs. The new edge box, which will be available from BrainChip and VVDN, doesn’t represent a pivot for the company, simply another path to market, BrainChip CMO Nandan Nayampally told EE Times.
At the edge, silicon and actual usable platforms are at a premium to some extent…the [edge box] helps us proliferate our tech, and it helps ODM box makers build out scale,” he said. “VVDN is one of the top box makers and they are providing boxes to OEMs and brands, but they are also looking at growing their own capabilities, because they see markets there…they see markets they can grow into if they scale. So this is a path for us both to proliferate our tech, improve revenue structures, and improve software and applications.”
The aim is for VVDN to offer the BrainChip box to its existing retail customers, but it will also be available on the BrainChip website to drive proof-of-concept activity and seed the market for BrainChip’s silicon and IP products, Rob Telson, VP of ecosystem and partnerships at BrainChip, told EE Times.
“We are expecting buyers to come and buy five to 10 boxes [from BrainChip], to start working in their environment,” Telson said. “We have a pipeline of customers that we’ve already engaged with, users of our development boards [who are happy to engage in that way], so we see that activity alongside what VVDN is doing to drive the box.”
VVDN has built an edge box featuring two BrainChip Akida chips targeting retail, security, healthcare and smart city applications. (Source: BrainChip)Telson explained that despite strong offerings in the edge AI chip space, volume orders for these chips are still a way away.
“There are dozens of [edge chip] companies out there, and everyone’s doing something really good, they are innovating, but the truth is, unless it’s a plug and play device, no-one is making progress,” he said.
VVDN’s existing range of edge boxes focuses mainly on high-performance solutions from Nvidia, targeting security and surveillance applications, with price points in the $1000-2000 range. VVDN wanted to target a slightly different market with Akida, which will go on sale at $799.
“The intention is to hit a lower price point [than available offerings], go to volume and target retail security and inventory management in real time,” Telson said.
Big retailers use video analytics to learn about buyer behavior and for security. Vision in healthcare is also an important market for BrainChip since neuromorphic computing works well with event-based DVS sensors or time-of-flight sensors, perhaps providing fall detection while preserving patient privacy and not needing a cloud connection.
“We’ve started to see this pipeline grow from retail to other specialized high-volume areas where you’re leveraging the AI engine to be able to process information in a way others can’t,” Telson said. “[Neuromorphic technology] also started to pick up momentum in the home—one of these boxes with four cameras hooked up to it gives you your own personal security and surveillance environment without sending data to the cloud.”
BrainChip’s multi-modality, as well as its edge learning capabilities, will be attractive to edge box customers, Telson said.
“[Competitors are] focused on vision…and they are doing good stuff, but the fact of the matter is, when these boxes and the devices go into real world applications, you’re going to want to be able to analyze beyond vision, you’re going to want to analyze voices, sounds and other aspects like vibration,” he said.
The VVDN and BrainChip edge box features an NXP i.MX 8M+ application processor with four Arm Cortex A53 cores alongside two BrainChip AKD1000 chips based on BrainChip’s first generation technology. It also has 4GB LPDDR4 memory, built-in Ethernet, WiFi, HDMI display support, extensible storage and a USB interface.
Future VVDN and BrainChip boxes could use BrainChip’s second-gen AKD1500,which is more compact and efficient, Telson said.
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ABC/BBC 5am news stated the successful launch
of a Space X Australian capsule that contains equipment that will be tested to enable the robotic repairs to satellites in space . The announcement was not repeated on later news casts . So , as feeble as the timing and content was concerned , we have reached international news .
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What a wonderful birthday present it was for me to see Akida lift off into space last night (my local time)!
But why not post pictures of the actual launch on the Brainchip website and social media channels?While beautiful, those posted don’t exactly align with the liftoff at 2.05 pm local California time in broad daylight!
And the launch vehicle shown on the Brainchip website is not even a Falcon 9 Block 5…
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Hi Esq.
sorry to disappoint you, but the headline is indeed fake news and not “actually true”…
The Transporter 10 SSO (sun-synchronised orbit) rideshare mission that Akida was on was a return-to-launch-site mission that launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and deployed a total of 53 satellites. One of them was Australia’s largest privately-owned satellite Optimus, with ANT61’s Brain neuromorphic computer (and thus AKD1000) onboard. That was the plan from the outset, to be deployed from the launch vehicle. So no, Akida was not on its way to the ISS. Definitely fake.
SpaceX launches 53 satellites on Transporter-10 rideshare flight, nails rocket landing (video)
Liftoff occurred at 5:05 p.m. ET (2205 GMT).www.space.com
Fast forward to 1:22:30 h, and you can listen to someone say “Optimus separation confirmed” (unfortunately the telemetry had a short blackout period, so you couldn’t see the deployment on live view, like with some of the other satellites).
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There was, however, a different SpaceX launch with another Falcon 9 Block 5 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the night of March 3rd local time (= March 4th GMT+1) also known as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission that transported three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the ISS, where they have meanwhile arrived.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station - NASA
Editor's note: This release was updated March 4, 2024, to correct the audio only link and change the image.www.nasa.gov
Hi MDhere,
you seem to be confusing something here (or maybe your homemade cocktail mix is to blame for the mix-up?)
Think of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as a space taxi company.
Terrestrial companies planning on deploying satellites into space can book and pay for a slot on SpaceX’s rideshare missions.
SpaceX Satellite Rideshare
rideshare.spacex.com
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That’s exactly what Australian Space Machines Company did to get their 270 kg Optimus OSV (Orbiting Servicing Vehicle) with ANT61 & Akida (and heaps more technology made in Australia) onboard into a sun-synchronous orbit. So now SpaceX’s work is done - it successfully deployed its payload.
AKD1000 is built into the ANT61 Brain computer, which will begin operation in the coming months. I reckon there won’t be much media coverage until then.
There is, however, no indication that our Akida chip is also built into the actual SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle, as you seem to believe. It was just the taxi that got us into space (onboard Optimus) - as well as lots and lots of other tech in our and the other 52 satellites. Hence we were not “on the journey to assist”. Just one passenger among hundreds of others from SpaceX’s perspective.
So why would Elon mention us in connection with the Transporter 10 mission? (Unless he had decided to invest in Brainchip and wanted to announce it to the whole world, that is).
Australian company's satellite-repairing satellite blasts into space on SpaceX rocket
The Optimus satellite is packed with Australian-made tech, and aims to help keep other satellites in space.www.abc.net.au
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I wish you a happy birthday and the next day is always part of it for me personally, like a holiday, I always take one extra day.
Thanks you for your detective work!
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What a wonderful birthday present it was for me to see Akida lift off into space last night (my local time)!
But why not post pictures of the actual launch on the Brainchip website and social media channels?
And the launch vehicle shown on the Brainchip website is not even a Falcon 9 Block 5…
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Hi Esq.
sorry to disappoint you, but the headline is indeed fake news and not “actually true”…
The Transporter 10 SSO (sun-synchronised orbit) rideshare mission that Akida was on was a return-to-launch-site mission that launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and deployed a total of 53 satellites. One of them was Australia’s largest privately-owned satellite Optimus, with ANT61’s Brain neuromorphic computer (and thus AKD1000) onboard. That was the plan from the outset, to be deployed from the launch vehicle. So no, Akida was not on its way to the ISS. Definitely fake.
SpaceX launches 53 satellites on Transporter-10 rideshare flight, nails rocket landing (video)
Liftoff occurred at 5:05 p.m. ET (2205 GMT).
Fast forward to 1:22:30 h, and you can listen to someone say “Optimus separation confirmed” (unfortunately the telemetry had a short blackout period, so you couldn’t see the deployment on live view, like with some of the other satellites).
View attachment 58545
There was, however, a different SpaceX launch with another Falcon 9 Block 5 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the night of March 3rd local time (= March 4th GMT+1) also known as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission that transported three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the ISS, where they have meanwhile arrived.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station - NASA
Editor's note: This release was updated March 4, 2024, to correct the audio only link and change the image.
Hi MDhere,
you seem to be confusing something here (or maybe your homemade cocktail mix is to blame for the mix-up?
Think of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as a space taxi company.
Terrestrial companies planning on deploying satellites into space can book and pay for a slot on SpaceX’s rideshare missions.
SpaceX Satellite Rideshare
View attachment 58551
That’s exactly what Australian Space Machines Company did to get their 270 kg Optimus OSV (Orbiting Servicing Vehicle) with ANT61 & Akida (and heaps more technology made in Australia) onboard into a sun-synchronous orbit. So now SpaceX’s work is done - it successfully deployed its payload.
AKD1000 is built into the ANT61 Brain computer, which will begin operation in the coming months. I reckon there won’t be much media coverage until then.
There is, however, no indication that our Akida chip is also built into the actual SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle, as you seem to believe. It was just the taxi that got us into space (onboard Optimus) - as well as lots and lots of other tech in our and the other 52 satellites. Hence we were not “on the journey to assist”. Just one passenger among hundreds of others from SpaceX’s perspective.
So why would Elon mention us in connection with the Transporter 10 mission? (Unless he had decided to invest in Brainchip and wanted to announce it to the whole world, that is).
Australian company's satellite-repairing satellite blasts into space on SpaceX rocket
The Optimus satellite is packed with Australian-made tech, and aims to help keep other satellites in space.
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Now im really confused! I might delete my posts as I was just trying to make a point that if we are actually in anything I mean anything even if its for research it in my view should at least have a non sensitive announcement.
Bit like I announce i play chess, I don't always win but I do play chess and for me that's all part of the journey.
This is the point im making if we are participating, win or lose its all part of the journey and a non sensitive announcement should be in order.
The rests of my previous posts I might delete but I think I got my point across just fine.
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It's not unlikely but maybe too ~hot for him or a thing that annoys him, why didn't I patent that.
He is very much on the ball when it comes to top notch tec. The little Talga coatet once the first big ship in the world with graphene. And he commented on this event of all things. We were quite excited. But he is and remains a visionary engineer, even if he has many quirks in his personality.
So if he is following Talga's coating, why not NC that was shot into space with his rocket.
I'm going to go out on a limb. He wants to do and achieve everything in-house. Preferably from the mine to the finished product. Maybe he's annoyed that his brainchip on Google more and more points in our direction
Grumble, brainchip in my Space X. Why didn't anyone tell me that? Oh, that's THAT brainchip. I expect a report from you tomorrow or you're fired. Why don't we have the naming rights? And as for you WANCAs, get to work or you're useless to me.
I'm sure we'd all be happy if he buys out the company for a measly $20Billion. He'd then be happy to say that he has 2 Brainchips.
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The aim is for VVDN to offer the BrainChip box to its existing retail customers, but it will also be available on the BrainChip website to drive proof-of-concept activity and seed the market for… | BrainChip
The aim is for VVDN to offer the BrainChip box to its existing retail customers, but it will also be available on the BrainChip website to drive proof-of-concept activity and seed the market for BrainChip’s silicon and IP products, Rob Telson, VP of ecosystem and partnerships at BrainChip, told...
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Grumble...
not me. No buying out if it's up to me. I want to look back in 10a and not at another company. Let him buy 20B for 10% for all I care.
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No, don't delete it!
I personally can understand that. But the board has had very negative experiences with ASX anns. A single PCI AKD1000 board has been shot into space here. Let's first see how this first NC in space works for mankind. I kind of understand both points of view. BRN was and is being attacked hard and ~we don't know who. General market and no revenue is a stupid argument for me. But to celebrate a single PCI board in the face of attacks over the ASX seems to me so far only a success of Space X being up there. The coming weeks will show what is fact.
I would also like to see more ASX announcements. But of my companies no one is being attacked like Brainchip. For me, WBT and BRN have swapped roles with shorts. But even then, there is still a crucial difference for me. Akida is an announcement that hurts some tec giants that they didn't get it right themselves and are years behind. I would like that too, but I trust the board not to make itself vulnerable any more.
Just the opinion of one very very small dot.
Greetings to Melb!
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BrainChip's Neuromorphic Akida Goes Orbital as Optimus-1 Takes the ANT61 Brain Computer Into Space
Launched into orbit this week, the ANT61 Brain aims to prove neuromorphic computing's potential for edge AI off-planet.
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BrainChip's Neuromorphic Akida Goes Orbital as Optimus-1 Takes the ANT61 Brain Computer Into Space
Launched into orbit this week, the ANT61 Brain aims to prove neuromorphic computing's potential for edge AI off-planet.www.hackster.io
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1nm chips to arrive in late 2027.
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It's the oldest play in the book.
If you're trying to accumulate a product or resource you don't tell everyone how great it is. You tell everyone how worthless it is.
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Sorry if this has been posted before and I'm sure a lot of you have already seen this LinkedIn post from ANT61, but I love what they have to say in particular the bold text 
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Today, our space hardware product, ANT61 Brain, has been successfully deployed by SpaceX on board the Space Machines Company Optimus-1 spacecraft. The Brain is the world's first space-grade neuromorphic computer. In the past, we used GPUs and TPUs for machine learning, but the neuromorphic technology pioneered by BrainChip is up to 5 times more energy-efficient; that's why we chose it for our computer that will analyse footage from engineering cameras, detecting anomalies in spacecraft operation. The Brain will only be turned on later in the Optimus-1 mission, so stay tuned for future updates on the operation. We want to take this opportunity to thank people who have been instrumental in making this mission and the ANT61 Brain product possible. In line with our tradition, your names are written on the flight model that is now in orbit! Andrew Barton for believing in us, and pushing us to get on board this mission and demonstrate our neuromorphic and ML capability in space. Domenic Simone who worked on the software for the Brain, allowing it to interface with this Optimus-1 systems to gather the data and work with Akida chip to transform this data into valuable insights SolderLogic and personally Aiden Taba, who has worked on cutting-edge electronics for the Brain. Mawson Rovers and personally Dominik Daners who worked on the enclosure for our Brain, making sure that precious electronics stays safe and cool in space. Mary Pillay our fearless mission manager, who made sure we've delivered on time and are ready to operate our Brain as soon as it is turned on! Jack M., who has helped us with the initial mission concept and design Dr. Clyde Webster and Mick Heywood, who have been working with payload providers like us at Space Machines, helped us during the integration, making sure we could operate well inside Optimus-1. Jasmine Vreugdenburg who mentored us through the Venture Catalyst Space program at University of South Australia when we were working on the Brain. Matt Hansen from Amazon Web Services (AWS) whos mentorship and support were instrumental for us during time at MassRobotics and who helped us to establish the foundation of our robotics technology. Thank you Matt for staying with us all these years, we really appreciate it. Max Tegmark from MIT for the advice and mentorship on our machine vision technology Phil Allen from UNSW who helped and supported us throughout our flight qualification campaign. Thank you also to Australian Space Agency and the whole Australian Space Industry for making it possible to build a space company here and manufacture world-class space hardware!
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You guys rock!! ANT61
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Thanks Ant61
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Today, our space hardware product, ANT61 Brain, has been successfully deployed by SpaceX on board the Space Machines Company Optimus-1 spacecraft. The Brain is the world's first space-grade neuromorphic computer. In the past, we used GPUs and TPUs for machine learning, but the neuromorphic technology pioneered by BrainChip is up to 5 times more energy-efficient; that's why we chose it for our computer that will analyse footage from engineering cameras, detecting anomalies in spacecraft operation. The Brain will only be turned on later in the Optimus-1 mission, so stay tuned for future updates on the operation. We want to take this opportunity to thank people who have been instrumental in making this mission and the ANT61 Brain product possible. In line with our tradition, your names are written on the flight model that is now in orbit! Andrew Barton for believing in us, and pushing us to get on board this mission and demonstrate our neuromorphic and ML capability in space. Domenic Simone who worked on the software for the Brain, allowing it to interface with this Optimus-1 systems to gather the data and work with Akida chip to transform this data into valuable insights SolderLogic and personally Aiden Taba, who has worked on cutting-edge electronics for the Brain. Mawson Rovers and personally Dominik Daners who worked on the enclosure for our Brain, making sure that precious electronics stays safe and cool in space. Mary Pillay our fearless mission manager, who made sure we've delivered on time and are ready to operate our Brain as soon as it is turned on! Jack M., who has helped us with the initial mission concept and design Dr. Clyde Webster and Mick Heywood, who have been working with payload providers like us at Space Machines, helped us during the integration, making sure we could operate well inside Optimus-1. Jasmine Vreugdenburg who mentored us through the Venture Catalyst Space program at University of South Australia when we were working on the Brain. Matt Hansen from Amazon Web Services (AWS) whos mentorship and support were instrumental for us during time at MassRobotics and who helped us to establish the foundation of our robotics technology. Thank you Matt for staying with us all these years, we really appreciate it. Max Tegmark from MIT for the advice and mentorship on our machine vision technology Phil Allen from UNSW who helped and supported us throughout our flight qualification campaign. Thank you also to Australian Space Agency and the whole Australian Space Industry for making it possible to build a space company here and manufacture world-class space hardware!
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New !!
Nice relaxed air of confidence from the CEO , he’s never spoken better in my opinion.
He be a very good opening batsman, plays a excellent straight bat when required.
Nice relaxed air of confidence from the CEO , he’s never spoken better in my opinion.
He be a very good opening batsman, plays a excellent straight bat when required.
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7 min mark, "they may want to insure our IP works well with their processor"
So that tells me everything i need to know! there is not one, there is multiple companies that may want to integrate with us, IMO!
...now pick one and figure out 1%
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Yesterday news, however, 'the more there merrier'
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Hmmm, on the ANT61 news…..stay tuned for more “space” vertical news.
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