Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Neural network unit with segmentable array width rotator
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Application No.: US15396577Application Date: 2016-12-31
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Publication No.: US10565492B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: G. Glenn Henry , Kim C. Houck , Parviz Palangpour
- Applicant: VIA ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: VIA ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: VIA ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: G06N3/04
- IPC: G06N3/04 ; G06N3/063 ; G06F9/38

Abstract:
First/second memories hold rows of N weight/data words. Each of N processing units (PU) of index J have a register, an accumulator having an output, an arithmetic unit that performs an operation thereon to accumulate a result, the first input receives the output of the accumulator, the second input receives a respective first memory weight word, the third input receives a respective data word output by the register, and multiplexing logic receives a respective second memory data word and a data word output by the register of PU J−1 and outputs a selected data word to the register. PU J−1 for PU 0 is PU N−1. The multiplexing logic of PU N/4 also receives the data word output by the register of PU (3N/4)−1. The multiplexing logic of PU 3N/4 also receives the data word output by the register of PU (N/4)−1.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180189633A1 NEURAL NETWORK UNIT WITH SEGMENTABLE ARRAY WIDTH ROTATOR Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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