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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Cambricon (Xi'an) Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Xi'an, CN;
Tianshi Chen, Pudong New Area, CN;
Jie Wei, Pudong New Area, CN;
Tian Zhi, Pudong New Area, CN;
Zai Wang, Pudong New Area, CN;
Shaoli Liu, Pudong New Area, CN;
Yuzhe Luo, Pudong New Area, CN;
Qi Guo, Pudong New Area, CN;
Wei Li, Pudong New Area, CN;
Shengyuan Zhou, Pudong New Area, CN;
Zidong Du, Pudong New Area, CN;
CAMBRICON (XI'AN) SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD., Xi'an, CN;
Abstract
A processing device with dynamically configurable operation bit width, characterized by comprising: a memory for storing data, the data comprising data to be operated, intermediate operation result, final operation result, and data to be buffered in a neural network; a data width adjustment circuit for adjusting the width of the data to be operated, the intermediate operation result, the final operation result, and/or the data to be buffered; an operation circuit for operating the data to be operated, including performing operation on data to be operated of different bit widths by using an adder circuit and a multiplier; and a control circuit for controlling the memory, the data width adjustment circuit and the operation circuit. The device of the present disclosure can have the advantages of strong flexibility, high configurability, fast operation speed, low power consumption or the like.