BrainChip Akida Architecture and Evaluation Board Introduction

Anil Mankar, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer, provides a tour of the BrainChip Akida NPU architecture and IP solution. He also discusses the Akida software development environment (ADE) and training workflow before turning to a presentation of the first Akida based products. The AKD1000 NSoC is a chip that incorporates an Akida Neuron fabric along with all necessary supporting interfaces and an M-Class CPU. The chip is packaged in an M.2 PCIe form factor evaluation board and enables efficient processing of various sensor modalities, as demonstrated later in this session.