According to Intel, the Curie module comes with a pattern matching engine, which is essentially an artificial neural network in hardware. I'd really like to play around with this nice piece of slightly exotic hardware. However, I haven't seen any hints towards the pattern matching engine in the 101 libs. I also can't seem to find a datasheet that describes its use for the Curie module in general.
Does anyone know whether the pattern matching engine is at all operational in the Curie module that comes with the 101? If yes, how can one access it?
Or is it all just some kind of empty hype in the end?
I would love to know the answer to this one. If yes it would be absolutely amazing.
I think I found your reference:
About the Intel Curie Module The Intel® Curie™ module is a tiny hardware product offering design
flexibility. The complete, low– power solution comes with compute, motion sensors, Bluetooth Low
Energy, battery charging capabilities, and pattern matching capabilities for optimized analysis of sensor
data -- enabling quick and easy identification of actions and motions. The module is packaged into a very
small form factor and runs a new software platform created specifically for Intel Curie module.
The pattern matching engine (which in fact is a very small neural network) will be enabled in a future version of the BSP (no delivery date yet)