ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,404, issued on March 17, was assigned to MEGACHIPS Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Processor for neural network, processing method for neural network, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium" was invented by Mahito Matsumoto (Osaka, Japan), Koji Ishio (Osaka, Japan) and Hironobu Fujiyoshi (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a processor for a neural network whose high-performance compact model can be incorporated into low-spec devices such as embedded devices or mobile devices without requiring re-training. The processor for a neural network, which uses a multi-valued basis matrix, widens the range of intege...