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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Neural network apparatus, neural network processor, and method of operating neural network processor
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A neural network processor and method include a fetch controller configured to receive input feature information, indicating whether each of a plurality of input features of an input feature map includes a non-zero value, and weight information, indicating whether each of a plurality of weights of a weight map includes a non-zero value, and configured to determine input features and weights to be convoluted, from among the plurality of input features and the plurality of weights, based on the input feature information and the weight information. The neural network processor and method also include a data arithmetic circuit configured to convolute the determined weights and input features to generate an output feature map.