US Patent Issued on Oct. 20 for "Methods and apparatus for implementing neural networks using 3D non-volatile memory arrays" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,990, issued on Oct. 20.

"Methods and apparatus for implementing neural networks using 3D non-volatile memory arrays" was invented by Fu-Chang Hsu (San Jose, Calif.) and Kevin Hsu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for neural network arrays are disclosed. In an embodiment, a neural network array includes a plurality of strings, each string having a drain select gate transistor connected to a plurality of non-volatile memory cells that are connected in series and function as synapses, and a plurality of output nodes, each output node connected to receive output signals from a plurality of drain termi...