Samsung patents chip design for faster neural network calculations
Samsung has been granted a patent for a specific hardware setup that performs neural network operations. The design uses an arithmetic unit and a controller to manage data flow, allowing the system to choose between different data sources and reset signals during calculations.
In the filing’s own words
A neural network operation apparatus and method are provided. The neural network operation apparatus includes an internal storage configured to store data to perform a neural network operation, an arithmetic logical unit (ALU) configured to perform an operation between the stored data and main data based on an operation control signal, an adder configured to add an output of the ALU and an output of a first multiplexer, wherein the first multiplexer is configured to output one of an output of the adder and the output of the ALU based on a reset signal, a second multiplexer configured to output one of the main data and a quantization result of the stored data based on a phase signal, and a controller configured to control the ALU, the first multiplexer, and the second multiplexer based on the operation control signal, the reset signal, and the phase signal.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A neural network operation apparatus, comprising: an internal storage configured to store first data to perform a neural network operation; an arithmetic logical unit (ALU) configured to, based on an operation control signal, perform an operation between the first data and main data that is received; an adder configured to add an output of the ALU and an output of a first multiplexer, wherein the first multiplexer is configured to output one of an output of the adder and the output of the ALU based on a reset signal; a second multiplexer configured to output one of the main data and a quantization result of the first data based on a phase signal; and a controller configured to control the ALU, the first multiplexer, and the second multiplexer based on the operation control signal, the reset signal, and the phase signal, respectively.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Apparatus and method with neural network operation
- Patent number
- US12748569B2
- Application number
- 17863963
- Filed
- Jul 13, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 19
Classified under
G06F 7/57 Physics & computingG06N 3/048 Physics & computingG06N 3/0495 Physics & computingG06N 3/045 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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