An example apparatus to perform a convolution on an input tensor includes a parameters generator to: generate a horizontal hardware execution parameter for a horizontal dimension of the input tensor based on a kernel parameter and a layer parameter; and generate a vertical hardware execution parameter for a vertical dimension of the input tensor based on the kernel parameter and the layer parameter; an accelerator interface to configure a hardware accelerator circuitry based on the horizontal and vertical hardware execution parameters; a horizontal Iterator controller to determine when the hardware accelerator circuitry completes the first horizontal iteration of the convolution; and a vertical Iterator controller to determine when the hardware accelerator circuitry completes the first vertical iteration of the convolution.