Neural network processing system having multiple processors and a neural network accelerator

X Teng, A Ng, A Sirasao, E Delaye - US Patent 11,222,256, 2022 - Google Patents
At least one neural network accelerator performs operations of a first subset of layers of a
neural network on an input data set, generates an intermediate data set, and stores the inter …

Neural network processor

H Kim, B Gu, J Kang, LEE Changman - US Patent 10,698,730, 2020 - Google Patents
A processing unit for neural network processing includes: an instruction memory that stores
tasks including one or more instructions; a data memory that stores data related to the tasks; …

Neural network unit that performs convolutions using collective shift register among array of neural processing units

GG Henry, T Parks, KT O'brien - US Patent 10,671,564, 2020 - Google Patents
A neural network unit has a first memory that holds elements of a data matrix and a second
memory that holds elements of a convolution kernel. An array of neural processing units …

Neural network processor

J Ross, NP Jouppi, AE Phelps, RC Young… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A circuit for performing neural network computations for a neural network comprising a
plurality of neural network layers, the circuit comprising: a matrix computation unit configured …

Neural network processor

J Ross, NP Jouppi, AE Phelps, RC Young… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A circuit for performing neural network computations for a neural network comprising a
plurality of neural network layers, the circuit comprising: a matrix computation unit configured …

Neural network processor

KH Lee, S Ravikumar, P Donnelly… - US Patent App. 16 …, 2020 - Google Patents
A circuit for performing computations for a neural network comprising multiple neural
network (NN) layers. The circuit includes a processing device that provides programming …

Host-directed multi-layer neural network processing via per-layer work requests

A Ng, E Delaye, J Zejda, A Sirasao - US Patent 11,429,848, 2022 - Google Patents
In disclosed approaches of neural network processing, a host computer system copies an
input data matrix from host memory to a shared memory for performing neural network …

Vector computation unit in a neural network processor

GM Thorson, CA Clark, D Luu - US Patent 10,074,051, 2018 - Google Patents
A circuit for performing neural network computations for a neural network comprising a
plurality of layers, the circuit comprising: activation circuitry configured to receive a vector of …

Pipelined hardware implementation of a neural network circuit

CB McBride - US Patent 6,836,767, 2004 - Google Patents
According to a first aspect of the invention, a pipelined hardware implementation of a neural
network circuit is provided. The inventive neural network circuit includes an input Stage for …

Neural network processor with direct memory access and hardware acceleration circuits

JR Goulding, JE Mixter, DR Mucha - US Patent 10,872,290, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A dynamically adaptive neural network processing system includes
memory to store instructions representing a neural network in contiguous blocks, hardware …