公开(公告)号：US11797461B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17858506

申请日：2022-07-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunsun Park ,  Jun-Woo Jang ,  Yoojin Kim ,  Channoh Kim

IPC: G06F13/16 ,  G06N3/08

CPC classification number: G06F13/1668 ,  G06N3/08

Abstract: A data transmission method for a convolution operation, and a convolution operation apparatus including a fetcher that includes a loader, at least one sender, a buffer controller, and a reuse buffer. The method includes loading, by the loader, input data of an input feature map according to a loading order, based on input data stored in the reuse buffer, a shape of a kernel to be used for a convolution operation, and two-dimensional (2D) zero-value information of weights of the kernel; storing, by the buffer controller, the loaded input data in the reuse buffer of an address cyclically assigned according to the loading order; and selecting, by each of the at least one sender, input data corresponding to each output data of a convolution operation among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, based on one-dimensional (1D) zero-value information of the weights, and outputting the selected input data.

公开(公告)号：US11971823B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17317339

申请日：2021-05-11

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Yoojin Kim ,  Channoh Kim ,  Hyun Sun Park ,  Sehwan Lee ,  Jun-Woo Jang

IPC: G06F12/0862 ,  G06F1/04 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F17/15 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06N3/063 ,  G06N3/08

CPC classification number: G06F12/0862 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F1/04 ,  G06F2212/1021 ,  G06N3/04

Abstract: A computing method and device with data sharing are provided. The method includes loading, by a loader, input data of an input feature map stored in a memory in loading units according to a loading order, storing, by a buffer controller, the loaded input data in a reuse buffer of an address rotationally allocated according to the loading order, and transmitting, by each of a plurality of senders, to an executer respective input data corresponding to each output data of respective convolution operations among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, wherein portions of the transmitted respective input data overlap other.

公开(公告)号：US11409675B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US17330229

申请日：2021-05-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunsun Park ,  Jun-Woo Jang ,  Yoojin Kim ,  Channoh Kim

IPC: G06F13/16 ,  G06N3/08

Abstract: A data transmission method for a convolution operation, and a convolution operation apparatus including a fetcher that includes a loader, at least one sender, a buffer controller, and a reuse buffer. The method includes loading, by the loader, input data of an input feature map according to a loading order, based on input data stored in the reuse buffer, a shape of a kernel to be used for a convolution operation, and two-dimensional (2D) zero-value information of weights of the kernel; storing, by the buffer controller, the loaded input data in the reuse buffer of an address cyclically assigned according to the loading order; and selecting, by each of the at least one sender, input data corresponding to each output data of a convolution operation among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, based on one-dimensional (1D) zero-value information of the weights, and outputting the selected input data.