ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,777, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Data processing method and apparatus for excuting neural network on accelerator" was invented by Hyesun Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaehyung Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor-implemented data processing method includes: receiving a request for executing a neural network model on an accelerator; generating a plurality of candidate kernels for each of a plurality of layers comprised in the model; and allocating, to the accelerator, a single candidate kernel that is selected from among a plurality of candida...