Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology; SAIT) launched machine Vision platform "Dynamic visual Sensor" (Dynamic Vision Sensor; DVS), which USES IBM's TrueNorth processor is used to simulate the brain, allows the lens to update rate reached 2000 FPS, but only 300 milliwatts of power consumption. Samsung also pointed out that the platform high speed advantages suitable for use in the driving safety system and meticulous and gesture recognition on the 3 d drawing.
According to Rethink Wireless and CNET reports, TrueNorth using samsung 28 nm process, its 5.4 billion transistors can be driven 4096 core, all the view function as neurons in the brain, to send messages to each other to process the data, and this kind of imitation nerve type operation (Neuromorphic Computing) design and execute software traditional chip is different, also can in the case of low-power processing large amounts of data.
Eric Ryu samsung vice President pointed out that the machine vision image processing is different from the traditional digital camera platform, every picture element operating alone, only found that change will stack. As a result, the camera can update rate at an astonishing 2000 FPS tracking objects in front of him, compared with general digital camera is 120 FPS.
The agency also points out that DVS advantages of high speed machine vision platform for 3 d graphics applications, such as automotive safety systems and gesture recognition.
Commentary pointed out that the field is Intel (Intel) RealSense technology actively explore, the former and has been used in laptop (NB) identification gestures, therefore, samsung also will naturally at the consumer electronics and mobile phones to introduce this feature.
In the show, demonstrates how to use the system to samsung gestures to control TV, its lens within 3 meters can identify hand shaking, shaking fingers, fingers with clenched fists.
Commentary pointed out that, although on the recognition of achievement is not outstanding, but its low-power performance is surprisingly, only 1% 10% standard laptops or smartphones need power, low heat generated in the operation only.
Samsung also think it will help the company in the future in clustering way closer combination, the chip is different from the traditional ARM or x86 architecture in increasing core or chip number of ways to improve efficiency. In addition, IBM has been combined into 16 suites, chip scale of nearly 86 billion neurons in the brain.
TrueNorth chips are now deployed in the United States at the Lawrence Moore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; LLNL) assessment in the nuclear safety plan, through the chip is expected to replace the underground test is necessary. The laboratory also successfully tested using TrueNorth in empty clap movie clutter environment detection of vehicle position.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force Research Laboratory) is also working on TrueNorth is used to detect anomalies in the film analysis and network intrusion and recognition of text, even for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can automatically make the flight.
Its engineers the Qing Wu said, the U.S. air force has been developed combining traditional and TrueNorth computer system control system, similar to the human left and right hemispheres, the left brain is good at the program dealing with mathematics, right brain specializes in reasoning and understanding of situation.
