Sparse optimizations for a matrix accelerator architecture
US11113784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/084
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include, software, firmware, and hardware logic that provides techniques to perform arithmetic on sparse data via a systolic processing unit. Embodiment described herein provided techniques to skip computational operations for zero filled matrices and sub-matrices. Embodiments additionally provide techniques to maintain data compression through to a processing unit. Embodiments additionally provide an architecture for a sparse aware logic unit.
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