Patent Issued for Pipeline parallel computing using extended memory (USPTO 12112200).

The article discusses the issuance of a patent to International Business Machines Corporation for pipeline parallel computing using extended memory. The patent focuses on implementing pipeline model parallel training of artificial neural networks using accelerator devices like analog resistive processing unit devices. The system described enables compute nodes to perform a pipeline parallel process and exchange data over a network using an extended memory with a global virtual address space shared by the nodes. The patent emphasizes the use of neuromorphic computing techniques for machine learning and inference processing. [Extracted from the article]