Software-driven design optimization for mapping between floating-point and fixed-point multiply accumulators
US10678509B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example multiply accumulate (MACC) circuit includes a multiply-accumulator having an accumulator output register, a scaler, coupled to the multiply accumulator, and a control circuit coupled to the multiply-accumulator and the scaler. The control circuit is configured to provide control data to the scaler, the control data indicative of: a most-significant bit (MSB) to least significant bit (LSB) range for selecting bit indices from the accumulator output register for implementing a first right shift; a multiplier; and a second right shift.
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