BrainChip Holdings Ltd. announced that it has received its first shipment of AKD1500 chips in silicon from GlobalFoundries to advance the company's IP into the next phase of development. Leveraging GlobalFoundries' advanced 22nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) 22FDX®? technology, the AKD1500 is fully functional at first silicon and furthers the growth of neuromorphic computing at the edge and highlights the portability of BrainChip's Akida??

architecture. This has been made possible by the close partnership with GlobalFoundries and their streamlined engagement processes and reflects the maturity and the ease of using the GF 22FDX processes. The AKD1500 demonstrates the benefits of Akida's pure digital, extremely energy-efficient, event-based AI computation for at-sensor or sensor-balanced solutions for AIoT, industrial and consumer markets.

Matched with GlobalFoundries' proprietary FDX?? process technology platform, AKD1500 delivers cost-effective performance for connected and low-power embedded applications and makes it an ideal option for prototyping and proof-of-concept engagements as well as module development and deployment. Along with the delivery of chips in silicon, BrainChip will be offering AKD1500 development boards in the following quarters as it continues to build out its product portfolio.