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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for data processing operation
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Application No.: US17005046Application Date: 2020-08-27
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Publication No.: US11809836B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Daren Croxford , Guy Larri
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: EIP US LLP
- Agent Spencer Gibbs
- Main IPC: G06F7/544
- IPC: G06F7/544 ; G06F16/25 ; H03M7/24 ; G06N3/04 ; G06F18/213

Abstract:
A system includes a fixed-point accumulator for storing numbers in an anchored fixed-point number format, a data interface arranged to receive a plurality of weight values and a plurality of data values represented in a floating-point number format, and logic circuitry. The logic circuitry is configured to: determine an anchor value indicative of a value of a lowest significant bit of the anchored fixed-point number format; convert at least a portion of the plurality of data values to the anchored fixed-point number format; perform MAC operations between the converted at least portion and respective weight values, using fixed-point arithmetic, to generate an accumulation value in the anchored fixed-point number format; and determine an output element of a later of a neural network in dependence on the accumulation value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220066739A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING OPERATION Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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