Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configurable neural network engine of tensor arrays and memory cells
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Application No.: US16233876Application Date: 2018-12-27
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Publication No.: US11494582B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Luiz M. Franca-Neto
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Barry IP Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06N3/04
- IPC: G06N3/04 ; G06K9/62 ; G06N3/08 ; G06T5/00 ; G06V10/94 ; G06N3/063

Abstract:
Devices and methods for performing computations of a neural network include determining, for a particular layer of the neural network, a number of input channels and a number of output maps generated for particular pixels of a plurality of pixels. A portion of a processing chip is configured into a plurality of processing units, with the processing chip including a plurality of tensor arrays and a plurality memory cells. A particular processing unit of the plurality of processing units performs computations associated with a particular pixel. Individual processing units of the plurality of processing units each include a number of tensor arrays determined based on the number of input channels and a number of memory cells or pixel arrays corresponding to a number of output maps. The plurality of processing units is assigned to perform computations of the particular layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190244085A1 CONFIGURABLE NEURAL NETWORK ENGINE OF TENSOR ARRAYS AND MEMORY CELLS Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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