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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Aaron Ng, San Jose, CA (US);
Elliott Delaye, San Jose, CA (US);
Jindrich Zejda, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashish Sirasao, San Jose, CA (US);
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In disclosed approaches of neural network processing, a host computer system copies an input data matrix from host memory to a shared memory for performing neural network operations of a first layer of a neural network by a neural network accelerator. The host instructs the neural network accelerator to perform neural network operations of each layer of the neural network beginning with the input data matrix. The neural network accelerator performs neural network operations of each layer in response to the instruction from the host. The host waits until the neural network accelerator signals completion of performing neural network operations of layer i before instructing the neural network accelerator to commence performing neural network operations of layer i+1, for i≥1. The host instructs the neural network accelerator to use a results data matrix in the shared memory from layer i as an input data matrix for layer i+1 for i≥1.