Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weight data storage method and neural network processor based on the method
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Application No.: US16762810Application Date: 2018-02-28
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Publication No.: US11531889B2Publication Date: 2022-12-20
- Inventor: Yinhe Han , Feng Min , Haobo Xu , Ying Wang
- Applicant: INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Applicant Address: CN Beijing
- Assignee: INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Current Assignee: INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Current Assignee Address: CN Beijing
- Agency: Zhong Law, LLC
- Priority: CN201711102821.6 20171110
- International Application: PCT/CN2018/077516 WO 20180228
- International Announcement: WO2019/091020 WO 20190516
- Main IPC: G06N3/08
- IPC: G06N3/08 ; G06F17/16 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
Disclosed are a weight data storage method and a convolution computation method that may be implemented in a neural network. The weight data storage method comprises searching for effective weights in a weight convolution kernel matrix and acquiring an index of effective weights. The effective weights are non-zero weights, and the index of effective weights is used to mark the position of the effective weights in the weight convolution kernel matrix. The weight data storage method further comprises storing the effective weights and the index of effective weights. According to the weight data storage method and the convolution computation method of the present disclosure, storage space can be saved, and computation efficiency can be improved.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210182666A1 WEIGHT DATA STORAGE METHOD AND NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR BASED ON THE METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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