Neural network optimization mechanism

US10929749B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Narayan Srinivasa · Thousand Oaks, US
• Joydeep Ray · Folsom, US
• Nicolas C. Galoppo Von Borries · Portland, US
• Ben J. Ashbaugh · Folsom, US
• Prasoonkumar Surti · Folsom, US
• Feng Chen · Shanghai, CN
• Barath Lakshmanan · Chandler, US
• Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall · Chandler, US
• Liwei Ma · Beijing, CN
• Linda L. Hurd · Auburn Lake Trails, US
• Abhishek R. Appu · Cameron Park, US
• John C. Weast · Portland, US
• Sara S. Baghsorkhi · San Jose, US
• Justin E. Gottschlich · Santa Clara, US
• Chandrasekaran Sakthivel · Cupertino, US
• Farshad Akhbari · Chandler, US
• Dukhwan Kim · Mountain View, US
• Altug Koker · Cameron Park, US
• Nadathur Rajagopalan Satish · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N3/063
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus to facilitate optimization of a neural network (NN) is disclosed. The apparatus includes optimization logic to define a NN topology having one or more macro layers, adjust the one or more macro layers to adapt to input and output components of the NN and train the NN based on the one or more macro layers.