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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Minghai Qin, Hangzhou, CN;

Zhibin Xiao, Hangzhou, CN;

Chunsheng Liu, Hangzhou, CN;

Assignee:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G06F 7/50 (2006.01); G06F 7/523 (2006.01); G06F 7/544 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G06F 7/50 (2013.01); G06F 7/523 (2013.01); G06F 7/5443 (2013.01);
Abstract

Vector-vector multiplication or matrix-matrix multiplication computation on computing systems can include computing a first portion of a vector-vector multiplication product based on a most-significant-bit set of a first vector and a most-significant-bit set of a second vector, and determining if the first portion of the vector-vector multiplication product is less than a threshold. If the first partial vector-vector multiplication product is not less than the threshold, a remaining portion of the vector-vector multiplication product can be computed, and a rectified linear vector-vector multiplication product can be determined for the sum of the first portion of the vector-vector multiplication product and the remaining portion of the vector-vector multiplication product. If the first portion of the vector-vector multiplication product is less than the threshold, computation of the remaining portion of the vector-vector multiplication product can be skipped and the rectified linear vector-vector multiplication product can be set to a zero scalar.


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