Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory for an artificial neural network accelerator
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Application No.: US17103632Application Date: 2020-11-24
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Publication No.: US12086453B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Mudit Bhargava , Paul Nicholas Whatmough , Supreet Jeloka , Zhi-Gang Liu
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G06F3/06 ; G06N3/063 ; G11C11/54

Abstract:
A memory for an artificial neural network (ANN) accelerator is provided. The memory includes a first bank, a second bank and a bank selector. Each bank includes at least two word lines and a plurality of write word selectors. Each word line stores a plurality of words, and each word has a plurality of bytes. Each write word selector has an input port and a plurality of output ports, is coupled to a corresponding word in each word line, and is configured to select a byte of the corresponding word of a selected word line based on a byte select signal. The bank selector is coupled to the write word selectors of the first bank and the second bank, and configured to select a combination of write word selectors from at least one of the first bank and the second bank based on a bank select signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220164127A1 Memory for an Artificial Neural Network Accelerator Public/Granted day:2022-05-26
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