Patent ID: 11956969
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A neural network device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first storage element on the substrate, wherein
the first storage element includes a first insulating film, and
the first storage element is a buffer memory that temporarily stores a multiply-accumulate operation result; and

a second storage element on the substrate, wherein
the second storage element includes a second insulating film,
a film thickness of the second insulating film is equal to or greater than 0.5 times and equal to or less than 2 times a film thickness of the first insulating film,
the second storage element is different from the first storage element in power consumption at a time of writing,
the second storage element is an analog multiplier-accumulator, and
each of the first insulating film and the second insulating film includes a crystalline layer and an amorphous layer.