Distributed synchronization scheme
US12001893B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system including a machine-learning accelerator (MLA) hardware comprising computation-control units that each have a programmable dependency matrix; and a compiler computing module configured to generate, based on a machine-learning model, dependency instructions indicating dependencies between the computation-control units; wherein the computation-control units include at least: a first computation-control unit configured to generate, after completion of a first operation, a synchronization token representing the completion of the first operation, the synchronization token specifying a recipient identifier for an intended recipient computation-control unit of the synchronization token; a second computation-control unit configured to: configure the programmable dependency matrix of the second computation-control unit according to the dependency instructions to include dependency conditions for performing operations; receive the synchronization token based on the recipient identifier; update a dependency state to reflect the received synchronization token; and execute an operation in response to a determination that the dependency state satisfies the dependency condition.
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