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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Pramod Parameshwara Udupa, Bangalore, IN;
Kiran Kolar Chandrasekharan, Bangalore, IN;
Sehwan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A processor-implemented method for generating Output Feature Map (OFM) channels using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), include a plurality of kernels, includes generating at least one encoded Similar or Identical Inter-Kernel Weight (S/I-IKW) stream, converting, similar and identical weights in the at least one non-pivot kernel to zero to introduce sparsity into the at least one non-pivot kernel, broadcasting at least one value to the at least one non-pivot kernel, and generating at least one OFM channel by accumulating an at least one previous OFM value with any one or any combination of any two or more of a convolution of non-zero weights of the pivot kernel and pixels of the Input Feature Map (IFM), the at least one broadcasted value, and a convolution of non-zero weights of the at least one non-pivot kernel and pixels of the IFM.