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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Maohua Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tao Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhenyu Gu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yuan Xie, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/082 (2023.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G06N 3/048 (2023.01); G06N 3/084 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/082 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G06N 3/048 (2023.01); G06N 3/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing vector-wise sparsity in neural networks. In some embodiments, an exemplary method for providing vector-wise sparsity in a neural network, comprises: dividing a matrix associated with the neural network into a plurality of vectors; selecting a first subset of non-zero elements from the plurality of vectors to form a pruned matrix; and outputting the pruned matrix for executing the neural network using the pruned matrix.