Follow a conversation between Ian Bratt, fellow and senior director of technology at Arm, and BrainChip CMO Nandan Nayampally. The two assess predictions about smaller, specialized models and the promise of power-efficient data sets. They evaluate other factors that could accelerate the adoption of AI at the edge in the very near future. In addition to technical topics, they share their views on AI’s imminent impact on education and jobs, its ethical nuances, and its creative potential.

Bratt is an expert on ML, CPUs, GPUs, memory systems, and SoC architecture. His team architected Arm’s line of NPUs; before his work in ML, Bratt served as architect for many releases of Arm Mali GPUs during a period of rapid growth. He previously worked at Tilera, a startup that innovated multicore technology. His S.M. degree is from MIT, and he has 23 granted US patents to his name. Listen in as Bratt and Nayampally cover the evolution of Tiny ML and the larger role of AI.

Zach Shelby, CEO of Edge Impulse, was a recent guest on the BrainChip podcast. Shelby is an IoT pioneer in simplifying development platforms for AI at the edge. He brought his passion for machine learning, embedded solutions and IoT to this lively and enlightening discussion with BrainChip CMO Nandan Nayampally. Hear about Shelby’s astounding metrics for developer recruitment, training volume, and adoption; using AI to fill the gap when data sets are small or non-existent; the challenges of bringing AI to manufacturing and real-world use cases.

Shelby is a familiar and highly respected leader in the ML community. He founded Sensinode, an enterprise wireless network provider in the early days of IoT that was acquired by ARM, enabling him to develop ARM's IoT business, first as Director of Technology and later as VP of Developers. At ARM, he helped create the non-profit BBC Micro:bit Educational Foundation and served as its CEO. In addition to his activities as a serial entrepreneur, Shelby is an angel investor in Amini.ai, Augmenta.ai, Operant.ai, and Petasense. Shelby serves on the board of TinyML and has won a Nokia Foundation Award for his work on IoT.

For our 28th episode of “This Is Our Mission,” Rob Telson hosted a wide-ranging discussion between Tenstorrent COO Keith Witek and Brainchip CMO Nandan Nayampally. Their conversation explored the compute landscape, trends in AI, and differences and commonalities between the two companies’ approaches.

Witek holds degrees in Business, Computing, Electrical Engineering, and Law and has several patents. Prior to Tenstorrent, he ran Strategic Alliances for Google consumer electronics, was SVP of Corporate Development and General Counsel at SiFive, was Director of Technology Enablement and Associate General Counsel at Tesla, was Corporate VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at AMD, and had many other teaching, legal, and engineering roles. Witek serves on the board of entrepreneurial hub StartingBlock Madison.

Nayampally’s career has been immersed in the semiconductor arena, starting with AMD. He spent most of his career in IP — first with Denali Software and then at Arm — building the CPU business and later running the Client Line of Business as VP and General Manager, giving him expert insight into the waves and trends in compute. He also worked at Amazon as Alexa’s Head of SDK Products. Nayampally holds degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and the University of Texas atAustin.

 In this episode, you can get their views on:

- Why AI is here to stay

- Real-life impacts of AI, like reducing car-related fatalities and personalizing healthcare

- Challenges that currently limit the scalability of AI, such as massive data loads and the slowing of Moore’s Law

- How innovators in the industry, including BrainChip and Tenstorrent, are overcoming these barriers

- Which deployment models for technology hold the most promise, including a discussion on chiplets

- And lots more