ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,253, issued on March 25, was assigned to SiMa Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Layout-based data transfer between synchronized, interconnected processing elements for implementing machine learning networks" was invented by Gwangho Kim (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine learning accelerator (MLA) implements a machine learning network (MLN) by using data transfer instructions that coordinate concurrent data transfers between processing elements. A compiler receives a description of a machine learning network and generates the computer program that implements the MLN. The computer program contains instruct...