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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A processor-implemented neural network method includes: generating a bit vector based on whether each of a plurality of input activations within a neural network is 0; merging the bit vector into the input activations such that bit values within the neural network included in the bit vector are most significant bits (MSBs) of multi bit expressions of the input activations; merging the bit vector into weights such that the bit values included in the bit vector are MSBs of multi bit expressions of the weights; sorting the input activations and the weights based on bits corresponding to the MSBs; and implementing the neural network, including performing operations between the sorted input activations and the sorted weights.