Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accelerator for computing combinatorial cost function
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Application No.: US18157339Application Date: 2023-01-20
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Publication No.: US11922337B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Matthias Troyer , Helmut Gottfried Katzgraber , Christopher Anand Pattison
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Alleman Hall & Tuttle LLP
- Main IPC: G06N7/01
- IPC: G06N7/01 ; G06F7/58 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F17/11

Abstract:
A computing device, including memory, an accelerator device, and a processor. The processor may generate a plurality of data packs that each indicate an update to a variable of one or more variables of a combinatorial cost function. The processor may transmit the plurality of data packs to the accelerator device. The accelerator device may, for each data pack, retrieve a variable value of the variable indicated by the data pack and generate an updated variable value. The accelerator device may generate an updated cost function value based on the updated variable value. The accelerator device may be further configured to determine a transition probability using a Monte Carlo algorithm and may store the updated variable value and the updated cost function value with the transition probability. The accelerator device may output a final updated cost function value to the processor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230153665A1 ACCELERATOR FOR COMPUTING COMBINATORIAL COST FUNCTION Public/Granted day:2023-05-18
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