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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Patrick Zimmer, Chicago, IL (US);

Ngai Ngai William Hung, San Jose, CA (US);

Yong Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Dhiraj Goswami, Wilsonville, OR (US);

Assignee:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach includes a method, product, and apparatus for dynamically removing sparse data on a pixel by pixel basis. In some embodiments, a machine learning processing job is received. The machine learning processing job is then executed on a pixel by pixel basis by selecting non-zero data values for input into a systolic array, wherein sparse data is not selected for input into the systolic array. Subsequently, a message is generated that provides an indication of whether the execution completed successfully. In some embodiments, the machine learning processing job comprises at least a plurality of multiply and accumulate operations. In some embodiments, at least one data value equal to zero for the machine learning processing job is not input into a systolic array. In some embodiments, a plurality of weights are input into a plurality of columns for each cycle.


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