Neuromorphic computing draws inspiration from the brain, and Steven Brightfield, chief marketing officer for Sydney-based startup BrainChip, says that makes it perfect for use in battery-powered devices doing AI processing.
“The reason for that is evolution,” Brightfield says. “Our brain had a power budget.” Similarly, the market BrainChip is targeting is power constrained. ”You have a battery and there’s only so much energy coming out of the battery that can power the AI that you’re using.”
Today, BrainChip announced their chip design, the Akida Pico, is now available. Akida Pico, which was developed for use in power-constrained devices, is a stripped-down, miniaturized version of BrainChip’s Akida design, introduced last year. Akida Pico consumes 1 milliwatt of power, or even less depending on the application. The chip design targets the extreme edge, which is comprised of small user devices such as mobile phones, wearables, and smart appliances that typically have severe limitations on power and wireless communications capacities. Akida Pico joins similar neuromorphic devices on the market designed for the edge, such as Innatera’s T1 chip, announced earlier this year, and SynSense’s Xylo, announced in July 2023.
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