US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Jan. 27 for "Artificial neural network bypass compiler" (Colorado, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,407, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Artificial neural network bypass compiler" was invented by Saideep Tiku (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Poorna Kale (Folsom, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods can be related to compiling instructions for implementing an artificial neural network (ANN) bypass. The bypass path can be used to bypass a portion of the ANN such that the ANN generates an output with a particular level of confidence while utilizing less resources than if the portion of the ANN had not been bypassed. A compiler can determine where to place the bypass path in ...