CALCULATION UNIT FOR MULTIPLICATION AND ACCUMULATION OPERATIONS

    公开(公告)号:EP4336344A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-13

    申请号:EP23191884.8

    申请日:2023-08-17

    Abstract: A calculation unit includes: a multiplier (16), configured to calculate a product (w ij x j ) of a first factor (w ij ) and a second factor (x j ); an accumulation memory element (18), containing a current accumulation value (ACC j ); and a floating-point sum/subtraction unit (17), coupled to the multiplier (16; 116) and the accumulation memory element (18) to receive respectively the product (w ij x j ) and the current accumulation value (ACC j ) and configured to calculate an updated accumulation value (ACC j+1 ) based on the sum of the product (w ij x j ) and the current accumulation value (ACC j ) and to store the updated accumulation value (ACC j+1 ) in the accumulation memory element (18). The first factor (w ij ) and the second factor (x j ) each comprise a respective sign bit (SGN(w ij ), SGN(x j )) and respective exponent bits (EXP(w ij )).

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