US Patent Issued to DEEPX on Sept. 9 for "Neural processing unit operable in multiple modes to approximate activation function" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,078, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DEEPX Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Neural processing unit operable in multiple modes to approximate activation function" was invented by Jin Ung Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Lok Won Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyung Jin Chun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neural processing unit may be provided. The neural processing unit may comprise a controller circuit configured to select an activation function processing method among a first method or a second method, according to an activation function included in a neural network model, a programmed activation functi...