Apparatus and method for a tensor permutation engine
US10908906B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3887
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a tensor permutation engine. The TPE may include a read address generation unit (AGU) to generate a plurality of read addresses for the plurality of tensor data elements in a first storage and a write AGU to generate a plurality of write addresses for the plurality of tensor data elements in the first storage. The TPE may include a shuffle register bank comprising a register to read tensor data elements from the plurality of read addresses generated by the read AGU, a first register bank to receive the tensor data elements, and a shift register to receive a lowest tensor data element from each bank in the first register bank, each tensor data element in the shift register to be written to a write address from the plurality of write addresses generated by the write AGU.
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