An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store program instructions to perform quantization on quantization target data; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory, the program instructions including: obtaining a distribution of appearance frequencies of a plurality of variable elements included in the quantization target data; and aligning a most significant bit position of a quantization position to a variable element smaller than a variable element of a maximum value among the plurality of variable elements based on the distribution of the appearance frequencies of the plurality of variable elements.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM