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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ron Diamant, Albany, CA (US);
Randy Renfu Huang, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Huynh, San Jose, CA (US);
Sundeep Amirineni, Austin, TX (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for operating a neural network processor, wherein the processor includes an input selector circuit that can be configured to select the data that will be input into the processor's computational array. In various implementations, the selector circuit can determine, for a row of the array, whether the row input will be the output from a buffer memory or data that the input selector circuit has selected for a different row. The row can receive an input feature map from a set of input data or an input feature map that was selected for inputting into a different row, such that the input feature map is input into more than one row at a time. The selector circuit can also include a delay circuit, so that the duplicated input feature map can be input into the computational array later than the original input feature map.