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Re:Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning by rsp1984 on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:03AM (#13295745)
And the drone manufacturer DJI is already using something akin to a deep-learning ASIC in its Phantom 4 drone, which uses a special visual-processing chip made by California-based Movidius to recognize obstructions. (Movidius is yet another neural-network company recently acquired by Intel.)

Wow, this is just so wrong. The Movidius Myriad chip that's used by DJI is not an ASIC. It's a programmable vision co-processor. It was not designed for running neural nets. Movidius is based in Ireland, not California. They are not a "neural network company".

WTH is a "neural network company" anyway?

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Re:Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning by dekhn on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:18AM (#13295985)
The Myriad is an ASIC: http://www.movidius.com/technology

Myriad was Ireland-founded but is currently based in San Mateo.

They really meant "machine learning company" not "neural network". But the other two facts are correct.

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Re:Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning by nickpsecurity on Sunday January 01, 2017 @02:16PM (#13296827)
"WTH is a "neural network company" anyway?"

A company specializing in anything having to do with neural networks. Before the deep learning craze, that was many companies making tools for designing/debugging them, developing ASIC's to accelerate them, further developing the tech if a R&D outlet, or applying them to industrial problems. The number of things such groups might be doing has only expanded with the recent leaps in the technology.

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Re:Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning by zamalek on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:53AM (#13295903)
> WTH is a "neural network company" anyway?

Being able to design a network that appropriately solves a problem may become a valuable skill. I wouldn't be surprised if a startup popped up indicating that they could solve your ML problem.

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