US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Sept. 8 for "Artificial neural network computation using integrated circuit devices having analog inference capability" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,018, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Artificial neural network computation using integrated circuit devices having analog inference capability" was invented by Poorna Kale (Folsom, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of artificial neural network computations, including: receiving image data having pixel values; generating, from the pixel values, a column of inputs to a set of artificial neurons; identifying a region of memory cells of the integrated circuit device having threshold voltages programmed to represent a weight matrix for the set of artificial neurons; instructing volta...