EPO granted European Patent Application EP4030302A1 to Imagination Technologies Limited for methods and systems of buffer addressing in convolutional neural networks. The patent addresses IPC classifications G06F 12/02 (memory allocation), G06N 3/063 (neural networks), and G06N 3/0464 (CNN architectures). The designated states cover most EU member states plus other EPC contracting states.

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