BrainChip, a specialist in synthetic intelligence on the edge, has introduced that its AKD1500 Akida chip has been efficiently taped out on GlobalFoundries’ 22nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD SOI) course of node — proving that the core expertise is transportable between fabricators.
“This is an important validation milestone in the continuing innovation of our event-based, neuromorphic Akida IP, even if it is fully digital and portable across foundries,” explains Anil Mankar, co-founder and chief improvement officer at BrainChip. “The AKD1500 reference chip using GlobalFoundries’ very low-leakage FD SOI platform, showcases the possibilities for intelligent sensors in edge AI.”
BrainChip has taped out its Akida AKD1500 expertise on a brand new course of node, proving its portability. (📷: GlobalFoundries)
Impressed by the operation of the human mind, the Akida AKD1500 processor operates on spiking neural networks — fixing issues expressible as such in a fraction of the ability draw than rival machine studying {hardware}. The corporate launched its first commercially-available chips in January final 12 months, after releasing a restricted variety of improvement kits based mostly on the Raspberry Pi or an Intel-based miniature PC the 12 months earlier than.
The information comes sizzling on the heels of the addition of help for Akida gadgets to the Edge Impulse platform, which firm co-founder and chief govt officer Zach Shelby claimed on the time “will provide users with a powerful and easy-to-use solution for building and deploying machine learning models on the edge.”
The Akida expertise is predicated on a “neuron fabric” impressed by the operation of the human mind. (📷: BrainChip)
Proving that its design is transportable shall be key to wider adoption of BrainChip’s Akida expertise, permitting customers to license the IP for inclusion in their very own chip designs — as RISC-V pioneer SiFive introduced in April final 12 months — and permitting future generations of the chip to learn from simple portability to extra environment friendly course of nodes as they turn into obtainable.
Extra info on the Akida processor is out there on the BrainChip web site.
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