Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-kernel configuration for convolutional neural networks
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Application No.: US16279416Application Date: 2019-02-19
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Publication No.: US11556763B2Publication Date: 2023-01-17
- Inventor: Effendi Leobandung , Malte Rasch , Xiao Sun , Yulong Li , Zhibin Ren
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent L. Jeffrey Kelly
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06N3/063 ; G06K9/62 ; G06N3/04 ; G06V10/82

Abstract:
Methods and systems of implementing a convolutional neural network are described. In an example, a structure may receive input signals and distribute the input signals to a plurality of unit cells. The structure may include a plurality of multi-kernel modules that may include a respective set of unit cells. A unit cell may correspond to an element of a kernel being implemented in the convolutional neural network and may include a storage component configured to store a weight of a corresponding element of the kernel. A first pass gate of the unit cell may be activated to pass a stored weight of the unit cell to a plurality of operation circuits in the corresponding unit cell, such that the stored weight may be applied to the input signals. The structure may generate a set of outputs based on the application of the stored weights to the input signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200265298A1 MULTI-KERNEL CONFIGURATION FOR CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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