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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yachide, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Kato, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To allow arithmetic processing using a plurality of processing nodes to be executed with a smaller memory size, an arithmetic processing apparatus for executing processing using a hierarchical type network formed by the plurality of processing nodes, comprises: a storage unit configured to store a parameter used by each of the plurality of processing nodes for arithmetic processing and a calculation result of the arithmetic processing in each of the plurality of processing nodes; and a buffer control unit configured to switch, based on a configuration of the hierarchical type network, a buffer system of the parameter and the calculation result in the storage unit in at least one layer of the hierarchical type network.