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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2009
Srihari Cadambi, Princeton, NJ (US);
Igor Durdanovic, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Venkata Jakkula, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Eric Cosatto, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Murugan Sankaradass, Dayton, NJ (US);
Hans Peter Graf, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Srimat T. Chakradhar, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Srihari Cadambi, Princeton, NJ (US);
Igor Durdanovic, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Venkata Jakkula, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Eric Cosatto, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Murugan Sankaradass, Dayton, NJ (US);
Hans Peter Graf, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Srimat T. Chakradhar, Manalapan, NJ (US);
NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method system for training an apparatus to recognize a pattern includes providing the apparatus with a host processor executing steps of a machine learning process; providing the apparatus with an accelerator including at least two processors; inputting training pattern data into the host processor; determining coefficient changes in the machine learning process with the host processor using the training pattern data; transferring the training data to the accelerator; determining kernel dot-products with the at least two processors of the accelerator using the training data; and transferring the dot-products back to the host processor.