Machine learning sparse computation mechanism
US10346944B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus to facilitate processing of a sparse matrix is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each comprising one or more processing elements, including logic to read operands, a multiplication unit to multiply two or more operands and a scheduler to identify operands having a zero value and prevent scheduling of the operands having the zero value at the multiplication unit.
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