ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,781, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Neuromorphic processor and operating method thereof" was invented by Jae-Joon Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Jinseok Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Taesu Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing data based on a neural network including a first layer including axons and a second layer including neurons, includes receiving synaptic weights between the first layer and the second layer; generating presynaptic weights, a number of which is identical to a number of the axons, and postsynaptic weights, a number...