Invention Grant
- Patent Title: True random generator (TRNG) in ML accelerators for NN dropout and initialization
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Application No.: US15232177Application Date: 2016-08-09
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Publication No.: US10579583B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Chia-Yu Chen , Pierce I-Jen Chuang , Li-Wen Hung , Jui-Hsin Lai
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Vazken Alexanian
- Main IPC: G06F7/58
- IPC: G06F7/58 ; G06F15/78 ; G06N3/063 ; G06N3/08

Abstract:
A random number signal generator used for performing dropout or weight initialization for a node in a neural network. The random number signal generator includes a transistor which generates a random noise signal. The transistor includes a substrate, source and drain regions formed in the substrate, a first insulating layer formed over a channel of the transistor, a first trapping layer formed over the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer formed over the first trapping layer, and a second trapping layer formed over the second insulating layer. One or more traps in the first and second trapping layers are configured to capture or release one or more carriers flowing through the channel region. The random noise signal is generated as a function of one or more carrier being captured or released by the one or more traps.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180046597A1 TRUE RANDOM GENERATOR (TRNG) IN ML ACCELERATORS FOR NN DROPOUT AND INITIALIZATION Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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