Processor with hybrid coprocessor/execution unit neural network unit

GG Henry, T Parks - US Patent 10,585,848, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A processor includes a front-end portion that issues instruc-tions to
execution units that execute the issued instructions. A hardware neural network unit (NNU) …

Processor with architectural neural network execution unit

GG Henry, T Parks - US Patent 10,275,394, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A processor has an instruction fetch unit that fetches ISA instructions from
memory and execution units that perform operations on instruction operands to generate …

Processor with memory array operable as either cache memory or neural network unit memory

GG Henry, DR Reed - US Patent 10,664,751, 2020 - Google Patents
A processor comprising a mode indicator, a plurality of processing cores, and a neural
network unit (NNU), comprising a memory array, an array of neural processing units (NPU) …

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 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 …

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 …

Heterogeneous processor architecture for integrating CNN and RNN into single high-performance, low-power chip

D Shin, J Lee, J Lee, JH Lee - US Patent 11,263,515, 2022 - Google Patents
A heterogeneous processor architecture for integrating a convolutional neural network
(CNN) and a recurrent neural network (RNN) into a single high-performance, low-power …

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 …

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; …

Device for implementing artificial neural network with separate computation units

F Shaoxia, SUI Lingzhi, Q Yu, W Junbin… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to a processor for implement ing artificial neural networks, for
example, convolutional neural networks. The processor includes a memory control ler …