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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sanchari Sen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Swagath Venkataramani, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kailash Gopalakrishnan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sunil K. Shukla, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Indices of non-zero weights may be stored in an index register file included within each of a plurality of processor elements in a systolic array. Non-zero weights may be stored in a register file associated with the index register file. Input values (e.g., dense input values) corresponding to a single block in a data structure may be sent to the plurality of processor elements. Those of the input values corresponding to the indices of non-zero weights in the index register file may be selected for performing multiply-accumulate ('MAC') operation based on sending the plurality of input values to one or more of the plurality of processor elements. The indices of the plurality of non-zero weight are stored in an index data stick. The values of the plurality of non-zero weights are stored in a value data stick.