ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,401, issued on May 26, was assigned to Beijing Silicarisetech Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Quantization method and device for neural network model, and computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Bing Xu (Hangzhou, China) and Nangeng Zhang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantization method and device for a neural network model, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes determining, from a neural network model, a target convolution kernel having an abnormal coefficient distribution, splitting the target convolution kernel so as to obtain a plurality of sub-convolution kernels, quantizing ...