Cortex Project Updates #51

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2 min readJun 8, 2020

Technical Updates 🤖

MRT & CVM R&D

1. For CVM-Runtime, added Mac OS support, allowing compiling and executing fixed-point framework on Mac.
2. For MRT, added MNIST dataset training tutorial; perfected model training, persistence, and quantization; ran through the entire tutorial on CVM-Runtime.
3. For CVM-Runtime, added a tutorial video of Nvidia Jetson Nano Car from local execution to uploading data onto the Cortex blockchain.
4. Adjusted the logic sequence of CVM operators’ formal description and added formal code such as the slice_like operator.

Cortex Full Node Development

1. Fixed bugs detected in the unit tests for CortexTheseus project (refer to PR#536).
2. Continued to optimize the unit test coverage of the project, such as the unit test for halving the output and the leveldb cache test.
3. Increased the optimization for the context parameter in the storage system’s external interface; adjusted internal module interface privatization.
4. Optimized for Torrent Meta File and added pre-caching strategy for the file system.
5. Optimized the memory usage of the execution engine Synapse.

On-chain Ecosystem

1. Revised the introductory tutorial of Cortex AI DApp.
2. Developed Cortex on-chain data gadgets.
3. Organized and maintained the contracts on the Cortex chain.

Miscellaneous

1. Researched ARM, INTEL and other relevant computing technologies in relation to current endeavors.
2. Studied the open source TEE framework keystone and compiled the example deployed on the FPGA.

Community Updates 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

  • Cortex Forum design and development.
  • Cortex Forum points system design and development.
  • Systematic research on the CeFi and DeFi market.
  • Cortex technical documentation editing.
  • Cortex peripheral products’ design.
  • Translation and creation of introductory contents, mainly focusing on DeFi and artificial intelligence at this stage.

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