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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Neural network processing with the neural network model pinned to on-chip memories of hardware nodes
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric S. Chung, Woodinville, WA (US);
Douglas C. Burger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeremy Fowers, Seattle, WA (US);
Kalin Ovtcharov, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for neural network processing are provided. A method in a system comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected via a network, where each node includes a plurality of on-chip memory blocks and a plurality of compute units, is provided. The method includes upon service activation receiving an N by M matrix of coefficients corresponding to the neural network model. The method includes loading the coefficients corresponding to the neural network model into the plurality of the on-chip memory blocks for processing by the plurality of compute units. The method includes regardless of a utilization of the plurality of the on-chip memory blocks as part of an evaluation of the neural network model, maintaining the coefficients corresponding to the neural network model in the plurality of the on-chip memory blocks until the service is interrupted or the neural network model is modified or replaced.