Patents Assigned to CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
  • Patent number: 11568269
    Abstract: Disclosed are a scheduling method and a related apparatus. A computing apparatus in a server can be chosen to implement a computation request, thereby improving the running efficiency of the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Zidong Du, Luyang Jin
  • Patent number: 11562216
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated circuit chip apparatus and a related product, the integrated circuit chip apparatus being used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a small amount of calculation and low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Patent number: 11561800
    Abstract: A pooling operation method and a processing device for performing the same are provided. The pooling operation method may rearrange a dimension order of the input data before pooling is performed. The technical solutions provided by the present disclosure have the advantages of short operation time and low energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Tianshi Chen, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11562219
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip apparatus and a processing method performed by an integrated circuit chip apparatus are disclosed. The disclosed integrated circuit chip apparatus and processing method are used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation, or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a reduced computational cost and low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Patent number: 11544567
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a network structure processing method and device and a related product, including: obtaining, by a computer device, an optimization instruction; and executing a corresponding optimization processing operation on the network structure according to the optimization level in the optimization instruction to obtain an optimized network structure. According to the processing method of the network structure, the resource cost can be reduced, and the detection rate of the network structure on images is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Shijin Zhang, Xiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11544546
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated circuit chip device and related products. The integrated circuit chip device is used for performing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The device has the advantages of small calculation amount and low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Patent number: 11531553
    Abstract: A convolution operation method and a processing device for performing the same are provided. The method is performed by a processing device. The processing device includes a main processing circuit and a plurality of basic processing circuits. The basic processing circuits are configured to perform convolution operation in parallel. The technical solutions disclosed by the present disclosure can provide short operation time and low energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Tianshi Chen, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11513972
    Abstract: Aspects of managing Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) units are described herein. The aspects may include a memory management unit (MMU) that includes one or more TLB units and a control unit. The control unit may be configured to identify one from the one or more TLB units based on a stream identification (ID) included in a received virtual address and, further, to identify a frame number in the identified TLB unit. A physical address may be generated by the control unit based on the frame number and an offset included in the virtual address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Tianshi Chen, Qi Guo, Yunji Chen
  • Patent number: 11507809
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated circuit chip apparatus and a related product, the integrated circuit chip apparatus being used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a small amount of calculation and low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Patent number: 11507640
    Abstract: Aspects for vector operations in neural network are described herein. The aspects may include a vector caching unit configured to store a first vector and a second vector, wherein the first vector includes one or more first elements and the second vector includes one or more second elements. The aspects may further include one or more adders and a combiner. The one or more adders may be configured to respectively add each of the first elements to a corresponding one of the second elements to generate one or more addition results. The combiner may be configured to combine a combiner configured to combine the one or more addition results into an output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jinhua Tao, Tian Zhi, Shaoli Liu, Tianshi Chen, Yunji Chen
  • Patent number: 11507810
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated circuit chip apparatus and a related product, the integrated circuit chip apparatus being used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a small amount of calculation and low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Publication number: 20220334840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing apparatus and related products. The products include a control module including an instruction caching unit, an instruction processing unit, and a storage queue unit. The instruction caching unit is configured to store computation instructions associated with an artificial neural network operation; the instruction processing unit is configured to parse the computation instructions to obtain a plurality of operation instructions; and the storage queue unit is configured to store an instruction queue, where the instruction queue includes a plurality of operation instructions or computation instructions to be executed in the sequence of the queue. By adopting the above-mentioned method, the present disclosure can improve the operation efficiency of related products when performing operations of a neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Bingrui WANG, Xiaoyong ZHOU, Yimin ZHUANG, Huiying LAN, Jun LIANG, Hongbo ZENG
  • Patent number: 11449242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shared storage space access method, device and system and a storage medium. The product comprises a control module. The control module comprises an instruction cache unit, an instruction processing unit and a storage queue unit. The instruction caching unit is used for storing a calculation instruction associated with the artificial neural network operation; the instruction processing unit is used for analyzing the calculation instruction to obtain a plurality of operation instructions; the storage queue unit is used for storing an instruction queue, and the instruction queue comprises a plurality of operation instructions or calculation instructions to be executed according to the front-back sequence of the queue. Through the method or the product, the access efficiency of the storage space can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Ping Kang, Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11436301
    Abstract: Aspects for vector operations in neural network are described herein. The aspects may include a vector caching unit configured to store a first vector and a second vector, wherein the first vector includes one or more first elements and the second vector includes one or more second elements. The aspects may further include one or more adders and a combiner. The one or more adders may be configured to respectively add each of the first elements to a corresponding one of the second elements to generate one or more addition results. The combiner may be configured to combine a combiner configured to combine the one or more addition results into an output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jinhua Tao, Tian Zhi, Shaoli Liu, Tianshi Chen, Yunji Chen
  • Patent number: 11409535
    Abstract: A processing device and related products are disclosed. The processing device includes a main unit and a plurality of basic units in communication with the main unit. The main unit is configured to perform a first set of operations in a neural network in series, and transmit data to the plurality of basic units. The plurality of basic units are configured to receive the data transmitted from the main unit, perform a second set of operations in the neural network in parallel based on the data received from the main unit, and return operation results to the main unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Tianshi Chen, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11409524
    Abstract: Aspects for vector operations in neural network are described herein. The aspects may include a vector caching unit configured to store a vector, wherein the vector includes one or more elements. The aspects may further include a computation module that includes one or more comparers configured to compare the one or more elements to generate an output result that satisfies a predetermined condition included in an instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Tian Zhi, Shaoli Liu, Qi Guo, Tianshi Chen, Yunji Chen
  • Publication number: 20220222514
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated circuit chip apparatus and a related product, the integrated circuit chip apparatus being used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a small amount of calculation and low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Publication number: 20220222515
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated circuit chip apparatus and a related product, the integrated circuit chip apparatus being used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a small amount of calculation and low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xinkai Song, Bingrui Wang, Yao Zhang, Shuai Hu
  • Patent number: 11385895
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing apparatus and related products. The products include a control module including an instruction caching unit, an instruction processing unit, and a storage queue unit. The instruction caching unit is configured to store computation instructions associated with an artificial neural network operation; the instruction processing unit is configured to parse the computation instructions to obtain a plurality of operation instructions; and the storage queue unit is configured to store an instruction queue, where the instruction queue includes a plurality of operation instructions or computation instructions to be executed in the sequence of the queue. By adopting the above-mentioned method, the present disclosure can improve the operation efficiency of related products when performing operations of a neural network model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Bingrui Wang, Xiaoyong Zhou, Yimin Zhuang, Huiying Lan, Jun Liang, Hongbo Zeng
  • Patent number: 11373084
    Abstract: Aspects for forward propagation in fully connected layers of a convolutional artificial neural network are described herein. The aspects may include multiple slave computation modules configured to parallelly calculate multiple groups of slave output values based on an input vector received via the interconnection unit. Further, the aspects may include a master computation module connected to the multiple slave computation modules via an interconnection unit, wherein the master computation module is configured to generate an output vector based on the intermediate result vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Huiying Lan, Qi Guo, Yunji Chen, Tianshi Chen