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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2014
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Isocline Engineering, Llc, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Laura Fick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David T. Blaauw, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dennis Sylvester, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael B. Henry, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Alan Fick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE REGENTS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A weighted sum is a key computation for many neural networks and other machine learning algorithms. Integrated circuit designs that perform a weighted sum are presented. Weights are stored as threshold voltages in an array of flash transistors. By putting the circuits into a well-defined voltage state, the transistors that hold one set of weights will pass current equal to the desired sum. The current flowing through a given transistor is unaffected by operation of remaining transistors in the circuit.