Method and device for calibration of analog circuits for neural network computing

An analog circuit is calibrated to perform neural network computing. Calibration input is provided to a pre-trained neural network that includes at least a given layer having pre-trained weights stored in the analog circuit. The analog circuit performs tensor operations of the given layer using the pre-trained weights. Statistics of calibration output from the analog circuit is calculated. Normalization operations to be performed during neural network inference are determined. The normalization operations incorporate the statistics of the calibration output and are performed at a normalization layer that follows the given layer. A configuration of the normalization operations is written into memory while the pre-trained weights stay unchanged.