- Patent Title: Time-multiplexed dot products for neural network inference circuit
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Application No.: US16212646Application Date: 2018-12-06
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Publication No.: US11295200B1Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Jung Ko , Kenneth Duong , Steven L. Teig
- Applicant: Perceive Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Perceive Corporation
- Current Assignee: Perceive Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Adeli LLP
- Main IPC: G06N3/04
- IPC: G06N3/04 ; G06N3/063 ; G06N20/00 ; G06N3/08 ; G06N5/04 ; G06F9/30 ; G06F17/10 ; G06F17/16

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method for a neural network inference circuit that executes a neural network including multiple nodes. The method loads a first set of weight values into a first set of weight value buffers, a second set of weight values into a second set of weight value buffers, a first set of input values into a first set of input value buffers, and a second set of input values into a second set of input value buffers. In a first clock cycle, the method computes a first dot product of the first set of weight values and the first set of input values. In a second clock cycle, the method computes a second dot product of the second set of weight values and the second set of input values. The method adds the first and second dot products to compute a dot product for the node.
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