Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Neural network unit with re-shapeable memory
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Application No.: US15396566Application Date: 2016-12-31
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Publication No.: US10586148B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- 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: G06N3/00
- IPC: G06N3/00 ; G06N3/063 ; G06N3/04 ; G06N3/08

Abstract:
A memory holds D rows of N words and receives an address having log2 D bits and an extra bit. Each of N processing units (PU) of index J has first and second registers, an accumulator, an arithmetic unit that performs an operation thereon to accumulate a result, and multiplexing logic receiving memory word J, and for PUs 0 to (N/2)−1 also memory word J+(N/2). In a first mode, the multiplexing logic of PUs 0 to N−1 selects word J to output to the first register. In a second mode: when the extra bit is a zero, the multiplexing logic of PUs 0 to (N/2)−1 selects word J to output to the first register, and when the extra bit is a one, the multiplexing logic of PUs 0 through (N/2)−1 selects word J+(N/2) to output to the first register.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180189639A1 NEURAL NETWORK UNIT WITH RE-SHAPEABLE MEMORY Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
Information query
IPC分类:
G | 物理 |
G06 | 计算;推算或计数 |
G06N | 基于特定计算模型的计算机系统 |
G06N3/00 | 基于生物学模型的计算机系统 |