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Pooling unit for deep learning acceleration

US11710032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

STMicroelectronics International N.V. · NL
STMicroelectronics SA

Inventors

Surinder Singh · Fremont, US
Thomas Boesch · Rovio, CH
Giuseppe Desoli · Cavallasca, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2022
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A convolutional neural network includes a pooling unit. The pooling unit performs pooling operations between convolution layers of the convolutional neural network. The pooling unit includes hardware blocks that promote computational and area efficiency in the convolutional neural network.

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