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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John V. Arthur, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Taba, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rathinakumar Appuswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew S. Cassidy, San Jose, CA (US);
Pallab Datta, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven K. Esser, San Jose, CA (US);
Myron D. Flickner, San Jose, CA (US);
Jennifer Klamo, San Jose, CA (US);
Dharmendra S. Modha, San Jose, CA (US);
Hartmut Penner, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sawada, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Networks for distributing parameters and data to neural network compute cores. In various embodiments, a neural inference chip comprises a plurality of neural cores and at least one network interconnecting the plurality of neural cores. Each of the plurality of neural cores is adapted to apply a plurality of synaptic weights to a plurality of input activations to produce a plurality of output activations. The at least one network is adapted to simultaneously deliver synaptic weights and/or input activations to the plurality of neural cores.