BrainChip Holdings, a provider of ultra-low-power, high-performance artificial intelligence technology and the world’s first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI chips and IP, announced that its Akida IP has been licensed by MegaChips to enhance and grow its technology positioning for next-generation, Edge-based AI solutions.
A multibillion-dollar global fabless semiconductor company based in Japan, MegaChips is a pioneer in the ASIC industry and provides chip solutions that fulfill various requirements, including low power consumption, cost and time to market while achieving breakthrough functions and performance by fusing knowledge of large-scale integrations and applications for problems in device development.
By partnering with BrainChip, MegaChips will be able to supply solutions and applications that leverage the Akida revolutionary technology in markets such as automotive, IoT, cameras, gaming , and industrial robotics.
“As a trusted and loyal partner to market leaders, we deliver the technology and expertise they need to ensure products are uniquely designed for their customers and engineered for ultimate performance,” said Tetsuo Hikawa, President and CEO of MegaChips.
“Working with BrainChip and incorporating their technology into our ASIC solutions service, we are better able to handle the development and support processes needed to design and manufacture integrated circuits and systems on chips that take advantage of AI at the Edge.”
BrainChip’s Akida technology brings artificial intelligence to the Edge in a way that existing technologies are not capable of. The solution is high-performance, small, ultra-low power and enables a wide array of Edge capabilities. Due to its flexibility and scalability, the Akida (NSoC) and intellectual property can be used in applications including smart home, smart health, smart city, and smart transportation.
These applications include, but are not limited, to home automation and remote controls, industrial IoT, robotics, security cameras, sensors, unmanned aircraft, autonomous vehicles, medical instruments, object detection, sound detection, odor and taste detection, gesture control and cybersecurity.
“The MegaChips and BrainChip partnership furthers both company’s missions to push boundaries and offer unprecedented products,” said Rob Telson, BrainChip VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.
“By providing Akida’s on-chip learning and ultra-low power Edge AI capabilities as an integrated technology in MegaChips’ ASIC solutions, we can deliver a cascading array of benefits to cutting-edge products that not only ensure power efficiency without compromising outcomes but can run autonomously for incremental learning without the need to go back and forth to the cloud. This is an exciting collaboration from a business perspective and an industry-altering aspect.”
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