ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,561, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Silicon Storage Technology Inc (San Jose, Calif.).

"Artificial neural network comprising an analog array and a digital array" was invented by Hieu Van Tran (San Jose, Calif.), Thuan Vu (San Jose, Calif.), Stanley Hong (San Jose, Calif.), Stephen Trinh (San Jose, Calif.) and Anh Ly (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Numerous examples are described for providing an artificial neural network system comprising an analog array and a digital array. In certain examples, an analog array and a digital array are coupled to shared bit lines. In other examples, an analog array and a digital a...