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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Steve Esser, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. McKinstry, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepika Bablani, San Jose, CA (US);
Rathinakumar Appuswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Dharmendra S. Modha, San Jose, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Learned step size quantization in artificial neural network is provided. In various embodiments, a system comprises an artificial neural network and a computing node. The artificial neural network comprises: a quantizer having a configurable step size, the quantizer adapted to receive a plurality of input values and quantize the plurality of input values according to the configurable step size to produce a plurality of quantized input values, at least one matrix multiplier configured to receive the plurality of quantized input values from the quantizer and to apply a plurality of weights to the quantized input values to determine a plurality of output values having a first precision, and a multiplier configured to scale the output values to a second precision. The computing node is operatively coupled to the artificial neural network and is configured to: provide training input data to the artificial neural network, and optimize the configurable step size based on a gradient through the quantizer and the training input data.