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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Guoyang Chen, San Mateo, CA (US);

Yu Pu, San Mateo, CA (US);

Yongzhi Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US);

Weifeng Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US);

Yuan Xie, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/082 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/082 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices, the method including receiving a matrix of a neural network model; classifying at least a portion of the matrix as a first section based on a first distribution pattern of non-zero elements of the portion of the matrix; and identifying memory addresses of the non-zero elements in the first section of the matrix for loading, according to a first order determined based on the first distribution pattern, the non-zero elements in the first section into one or more vector registers.


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