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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Amol Ashok Ambardekar, Redmond, WA (US);
Boris Bobrov, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chad Balling McBride, North Bend, WA (US);
George Petre, Redmond, WA (US);
Kent D. Cedola, Bellevue, WA (US);
Larry Marvin Wall, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A deep neural network (DNN) module is disclosed that can dynamically partition neuron workload to reduce power consumption. The DNN module includes neurons and a group partitioner and scheduler unit. The group partitioner and scheduler unit divides a workload for the neurons into partitions in order to maximize the number of neurons that can simultaneously process the workload. The group partitioner and scheduler unit then assigns a group of neurons to each of the partitions. The groups of neurons in the DNN module process the workload in their assigned partition to generate a partial output value. The neurons in each group can then sum their partial output values to generate a final output value for the workload. The neurons can be powered down once the groups of neurons have completed processing their assigned workload to reduce power consumption.