USPTO Patent Grants - AI & Computing (G06N)

Snap Inc Granted Patent for Neuromorphic Processor

USPTO granted Snap Inc. Patent US12602228B2 for a neuromorphic processor and neuromorphic processing method. The processor includes a plurality of neuromorphic elements with state memory entries, a message exchange facility for transmitting and receiving neural event messages, and a computation unit. Neural event messages are classified as accumulation messages (instructing addition/subtraction of values) or leakage messages (instructing reduction of state values correlated with the current state). The patent contains 20 claims and was filed on March 26, 2020.