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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Chung, Woodinville, WA (US);
Karin Strauss, Seattle, WA (US);
Kalin Ovtcharov, Toronto, CA;
Joo-Young Kim, Kirkland, WA (US);
Olatunji Ruwase, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A hardware acceleration component is provided for implementing a convolutional neural network. The hardware acceleration component includes an array of N rows and M columns of functional units, an array of N input data buffers configured to store input data, and an array of M weights data buffers configured to store weights data. Each of the N input data buffers is coupled to a corresponding one of the N rows of functional units. Each of the M weights data buffers is coupled to a corresponding one of the M columns of functional units. Each functional unit in a row is configured to receive a same set of input data. Each functional unit in a column is configured to receive a same set of weights data from the weights data buffer coupled to the row. Each of the functional units is configured to perform a convolution of the received input data and the received weights data, and the M columns of functional units are configured to provide M planes of output data.