TechnoLynx

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of V-Nova

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

V-Nova is a leading deep-tech company with over 1,300 patents and owner of multiple international standards, specializing in hierarchical and parallel data processing, AI acceleration, video/data compression, and immersive XR experiences. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire TechnoLynx to accomplish?

• Port some of our OpenCL libraries to Vulkan
• Redesign a full-GPU library for increased efficiency
• Port some of our optimized OpenCL libraries to Metal
• Port some of our DirectX software to Vulkan

SOLUTION

How did you find TechnoLynx?

Personal connection

Why did you select TechnoLynx over others?

Great culture fit

How many teammates from TechnoLynx were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Port of complex optimized GPU libraries from existing languages and platforms (e.g., OpenCL, DirectX, Windows) to new languages and platforms (e.g., Vulkan, CUDA, Linux), while also refactoring for maximum efficiency.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Timely delivery, CI/CD functional tests, code efficiency metrics

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

We had a great experience working with Balázs and his TechnoLynx team. They proactively came up with ideas already in the scoping phase to maximise the value delivered by these projects and minimise the cost of future maintenance. They are careful at properly planning and delivered on time.

What was your primary form of communication with TechnoLynx?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They are real experts in GPU programming and AI. I would recommend them for all your visual computing needs, from computer graphics to AI.

Are there any areas for improvement or something TechnoLynx could have done differently?

Not that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO, Co-Founder of Kineon

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We create laser devices to reduce inflammation and pain and improve quality of life for our users!

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire TechnoLynx to accomplish?

• Research a machine learning approach to signal processing
• Design and implement a machine learning approach to infrared spectroscopy

SOLUTION

How did you find TechnoLynx?

Online Search

Why did you select TechnoLynx over others?

Strong Technical Competency

How many teammates from TechnoLynx were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

For more than two years, I have been working with TechnoLynx, and everything that I experienced while working with them was just fantastic. TechnoLynx is a great company when it comes to machine learning solutions because, as a deeply embedded learning client, I can confidently testify. The CEO Balázs' leadership for the team is exemplified in its thorough comprehension of hard problems involving algorithms, computer vision issues, and machine learning and deep learning cases. 

It’s quite admirable that they are fully committed to addressing complicated issues since everything points out that they love creativity when undertaking any task. The unique aspect of TechnoLynx is that they are able to transform complex theories into practicable and applicable results. Communication has never been a hindrance since it is built on open collaboration. 

We have managed to achieve these objectives because of the team’s responsive and adaptable nature Key deliverables for our project are signal processing software and visualizations of complex data sets.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Research reports, architecture planning docs, physiological signal identification, interpretation/derivatives of key physiological signals, visualization of key physiological signals

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Project management is strong; they have delivered on time where not blocked by a hardware issue.

What was your primary form of communication with TechnoLynx?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

TechnoLynx's unique aspect is that they're able to transform complex theories into practicable and applicable results. Communication has never been a hindrance since it is built on open collaboration. We have managed to achieve these objectives because of the team’s responsive and adaptable nature

Are there any areas for improvement or something TechnoLynx could have done differently?

They could integrate with hardware partners, but at this point that is not necessary.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m an executive at a software company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with TechnoLynx?

We needed help with R&D efforts for our business.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

TechnoLynx has been helping us automate certain processes that we were creating in our software. They made the learning models, which took the manual processes into automatic pipelines to improve speed and open product opportunities. Regarding technologies, they’ve used Python, PyTorch, and Semantic Segmentation.

What is the team composition?

We’ve been working with Balázs (Founder) and Gábor (R&D Software Engineer).

How did you come to work with TechnoLynx?

We found them through Upwork.

How much have you invested in them?

We’ve spent $75,000–$125,000 with them so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in January 2021, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We’ve been able to coauthor two patents thanks to their work.

How did TechnoLynx perform from a project management standpoint?

We’ve solved difficult problems in a reasonable amount of time through them — they’re very responsive to what we need. In terms of project management and tools, we’ve used Slack and Microsoft Teams.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re extremely skilled and knowledgeable in their fields, so their technical abilities enable them to solve any situation.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don’t think there’s anything they can improve on — I’m delighted with our collaboration with their team.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

They work well with a wide range of clients, so they can adjust to your approach and technical abilities.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of an Engineering startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire TechnoLynx, and what were your goals?

We had customers requesting high performance capabilities our current software was unsuitable for so needed GPU expertise. We contracted TechnoLynx to design and develop a new prototype engine using GPU acceleration.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

The vendor provided a very verbose proposal which demonstrated great technical depth and understanding. They offered a range of options and were open minded to directions.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They designed and developed a GPU based engine with a pipeline architecture. This design meant the engine would run continuously as opposed to on-demand but without consuming excessive host resources. Several prototypes were produced to meet different requirements which changed throughout the project. They remained flexible and responsive to change and implemented high quality, novel solutions to problems.

I was particularly impressed with the test driven development and range of test and benchmark utilities which I was not expecting. This greatly reduced development time later on in the project. Technologies used included the latest C++17 features, CUDA, Docker and novel 3D models. The solution was OS agnostic, a nice bonus, since only Linux was required and scaled well from small hosts and GPU cards to larger ones.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I worked with 3 people from the team who each led on features and took turns to present them during weekly updates.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

They delivered several prototypes; four in total, when we would have been happy with one. All four shared common components and a common interface which helps with maintenance. The interface was designed to be file based and automated to aide integration. This means we can literally drop files into a folder and they will be picked up, processed and the deliverables placed in the adjacent folder. This process which previously took anywhere up to 60 seconds now happens in near real time.

Of all the benchmarks provided, the most impressive was speed which for a basic model compared with our old CPU engine was on average 20 times faster. Given that speed increases in our current codebase previously have been in the order of one or two times faster this is excellent.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The communication, especially English, of the team was excellent. Their style was informal yet direct and they did not hesitate to question requirements or offer advice. They used MS Teams weekly to deliver a face to face update and were very punctual.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

TechnoLynx's skill in low-level software development was impressive. They have an understanding of system internals and architectures and how to leverage limited resources that many modern 'npm era' bloatware framework developers lack. They have a seniority beyond their age. The fact they run low powered PCs to maximise code efficiency speaks plenty about their dedication to their trade and originality in an age where owning a Macbook is confused with IT literacy. They're also nice guys and easy to work with.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Documentation is always an afterthought in development and there were several times where extra communication was required to identify a command or a parameter which wasn't described in the outdated documentation. The documentation that was provided was great but it needed to be constantly updated due to the speed of the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder and CEO. My company is focusing on blockchain things.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire TechnoLynx, and what were your goals?

We need some deep R&D work about the GPU archtecture and need to know the potential optimization of GPU performances, so my company started to cooperate with TechnoLynx.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

1. How professional they are
2. hard-working attitude
3. think and work by using customer's perspective

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We had a kick-off meeting and then discussed the requirements and the goal of the project. After that, we created the communication machinasm and work ways. TechnoLynx began to do some research, test the ideas, and then move to other promising ideas.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

2 engineers, very senior guys

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

we got a very great breakthrough. The performance of the application has been improved a lot, that's a great achievement.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Flexible, stable, and continuous project management. we meet every week and we had high-efficiency meetings. TechnoLynx will quickly change their task direction if needed by using a very flexible and agile project management

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Professionalism, Hard-working, and humble

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

almost perfect!