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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sayyed Karen Khatamifard, Bellevue, WA (US);
Alexander J Kirchhoff, Seattle, WA (US);
Rohit K Gupta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey D Marker, Pleasant View, UT (US);
Thomas G Anderl, Seattle, WA (US);
Saman Naderiparizi, Seattle, WA (US);
Chenfan Sun, Shoreline, WA (US);
Alon Yaakov, Raanana, IL;
Husam Khashiboun, Peqiin, IL;
Ramana V Rachakonda, Austin, TX (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to streaming operations in a neural processor circuit that includes a neural engine circuit and a data processor circuit. The neural engine circuit performs first operations on a first input tensor of a first layer to generate a first output tensor, and second operations on a second input tensor of a second layer at a higher hierarchy than the first layer, the second input tensor corresponding to the first output tensor. The data processor circuit stores a portion of the first input tensor for access by the neural engine circuit to perform a subset of the first operations and generate a portion of the first output tensor. The data processor circuit stores the portion of the first output tensor for access by the neural engine circuit as a portion of the second input tensor to perform a subset of the second operations.