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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Amol Ashok Ambardekar, Redmond, WA (US);
Chad Balling McBride, North Bend, WA (US);
George Petre, Redmond, WA (US);
Larry Marvin Wall, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent D. Cedola, Bellevue, WA (US);
Boris Bobrov, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A deep neural network ('DNN') module can determine whether processing of certain values in an input buffer or a weight buffer by neurons can be skipped. For example, the DNN module might determine whether neurons can skip the processing of values in entire columns of a neuron buffer. Processing of these values might be skipped if an entire column of an input buffer or a weight buffer are zeros, for example. The DNN module can also determine whether processing of single values in rows of the input buffer or the weight buffer can be skipped (e.g. if the values are zero). Neurons that complete their processing early as a result of skipping operations can assist other neurons with their processing. A combination operation can be performed following the completion of processing that transfers the results of the processing operations performed by a neuron to their correct owner.