Specialized fixed function hardware for efficient convolution
US10824938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment provides for a compute apparatus to perform machine learning operations, the apparatus comprising a decode unit to decode a single instruction into a decoded instruction, the decoded instruction to perform one or more machine learning operations, wherein the decode unit, based on parameters of the one or more machine learning operations, is to request a scheduler to schedule the one or more machine learning operations to one of an array of programmable compute units and a fixed function compute unit.
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