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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Andreopoulos, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven K. Esser, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/063 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/063 (2013.01); G06N 3/049 (2013.01); G06N 3/0454 (2013.01);
Abstract
High dynamic range, high class count, high input rate winner-take-all on neuromorphic hardware is provided. In some embodiments, a plurality of thermometer codes are received by a neurosynaptic core. The plurality of thermometer codes are split into a plurality of intervals. One of the plurality of intervals is selected. A local maximum is determined within the one of the plurality of intervals. A global maximum is determined based on the local maximum.