ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,920, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Activation functions for artificial intelligence operations" was invented by Alberto Troia (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to defining activation functions for artificial intelligence (AI) operations. An example apparatus can include a number of memory arrays and a controller, wherein the controller includes a number of activations function registers, wherein the number of activation function registers define activation functions for artificial intelligence (AI) operations performed by...