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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2021
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Clifford Gibson, St. Albans, GB;
James Imber, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Abstract
A method of configuring a hardware implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), the method comprising: determining, for each of a plurality of layers of the CNN, a first number format for representing weight values in the layer based upon a distribution of weight values for the layer, the first number format comprising a first integer of a first predetermined bit-length and a first exponent value that is fixed for the layer; determining, for each of a plurality of layers of the CNN, a second number format for representing data values in the layer based upon a distribution of expected data values for the layer, the second number format comprising a second integer of a second predetermined bit-length and a second exponent value that is fixed for the layer; and storing the determined number formats for use in configuring the hardware implementation of a CNN.