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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Felix, Bristol, GB;
Godfrey Da Costa, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2006.01); G06F 5/01 (2006.01); G06F 7/501 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/582 (2013.01); G06F 5/01 (2013.01); G06F 7/501 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present relates to invention deals with an execution unit configured to execute a computer program instruction to generate random numbers based on a predetermined probability distribution. The execution unit comprises a hardware pseudorandom number generator configured to generate at least randomised bit string on execution of the instruction and adding circuitry which is configured to receive a number of bit sequences of a predetermined bit length selected from the randomised bit string and to sum them to produce a result.