Mentium Technologies Assigned Patent

Mentium Technologies Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,552,510) developed by Bayat, Farnood Merrikh, and Prezioso, Mirko, Goleta, CA, for “vector-by-matrix multiplier modules based on non-volatile 2D and 3D memory arrays.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Systems and methods for a vector-by-matrix multiplier (VMM) module having a three-dimensional memory matrix of nonvolatile memory devices each having a charge storage, an activation input, a signal input and an output signal in a range that is based on a stored charge and an input signal during assertion of the activation signal. The memory devices are arranged in two dimensional (XY) layers that are vertically disposed along (Z) columns. The activation inputs of each layer are connected to a same activation signal, the memory devices of rows in a first dimension (X) of each layer have signal inputs connected to different input signals and have signal outputs connected in series to a common output. The memory devices of rows in a second dimension,(Y) of each layer have signal inputs connected to a set of the same inputs along the first dimension.”

The patent application was filed on January 11, 2019 (16/246,353).