Patents by Inventor Jun Woo Jang

Jun Woo Jang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12248868
    Abstract: A neural processing device includes a first memory configured to store universal data, a second memory distinguished from the first memory and having a capacity less than that of the first memory, a bandwidth control path configured to reconfigure a memory bandwidth for memory clients to use one of the first memory and the second memory based on a control signal, and a control logic configured to calculate a target capacity for data of a target client of the memory clients determined based on a layer configuration of an artificial neural network, and generate the control signal to store the data of the target client in the second memory based on a result of comparing the target capacity and the capacity of the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Woo Jang, Jinook Song, Sehwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20240411599
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a central processing unit (CPU) core; an accelerator; and an acceleration instruction queue connected to the CPU core and the accelerator. The CPU core is to: fetch and decode one or more instructions from among an instruction sequence in a programmed order; determine an instruction from among the one or more instructions containing an acceleration workload encoded therein; and queue the instruction containing the acceleration workload encoded therein in the acceleration instruction queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Zhi-Gang Liu, Jun Woo Jang, Sehwan Lee, Dongkyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12099912
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 12086700
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 12073302
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Publication number: 20240256828
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Publication number: 20240232091
    Abstract: A computing method and device with data sharing re provided. The method includes loading, by a loader, input data of an input feature map stored in a memory in loading units according to a loading order, storing, by a buffer controller, the loaded input data in a reuse buffer of an address rotationally allocated according to the loading order, and transmitting, by each of a plurality of senders, to an executer respective input data corresponding to each output data of respective convolution operations among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, wherein portions of the transmitted respective input data overlap other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoojin KIM, Channoh KIM, Hyun Sun PARK, Sehwan LEE, Jun-Woo JANG
  • Patent number: 11971823
    Abstract: A computing method and device with data sharing are provided. The method includes loading, by a loader, input data of an input feature map stored in a memory in loading units according to a loading order, storing, by a buffer controller, the loaded input data in a reuse buffer of an address rotationally allocated according to the loading order, and transmitting, by each of a plurality of senders, to an executer respective input data corresponding to each output data of respective convolution operations among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, wherein portions of the transmitted respective input data overlap other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoojin Kim, Channoh Kim, Hyun Sun Park, Sehwan Lee, Jun-Woo Jang
  • Patent number: 11954574
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Publication number: 20240013029
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multi-task processing are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a base output corresponding to a first layer, restoring an input map corresponding to a second layer, obtaining an output map corresponding to the second layer, obtaining a delta output map corresponding to the second layer, and storing the base output map and the delta output map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: JUN-WOO JANG, Jaekang Shin, Lee-Sup Kim
  • Publication number: 20230351151
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 11797461
    Abstract: A data transmission method for a convolution operation, and a convolution operation apparatus including a fetcher that includes a loader, at least one sender, a buffer controller, and a reuse buffer. The method includes loading, by the loader, input data of an input feature map according to a loading order, based on input data stored in the reuse buffer, a shape of a kernel to be used for a convolution operation, and two-dimensional (2D) zero-value information of weights of the kernel; storing, by the buffer controller, the loaded input data in the reuse buffer of an address cyclically assigned according to the loading order; and selecting, by each of the at least one sender, input data corresponding to each output data of a convolution operation among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, based on one-dimensional (1D) zero-value information of the weights, and outputting the selected input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunsun Park, Jun-Woo Jang, Yoojin Kim, Channoh Kim
  • Publication number: 20230325462
    Abstract: A processor-implemented apparatus includes a forward transform module configured to transform input feature maps (IFMs) by performing a forward transform operation in a Winograd convolution (WinConv) domain, multiply and accumulate array (MAA) units configured to multiply the transformed IFMs by transformed kernels and perform a first inverse transform operation based on results of the multiplying, and an inverse transform module configured to generate output feature maps (OFMs) based on a result of the first inverse transform operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gopinath Vasanth MAHALE, Pramod Parameshwara UDUPA, Jun-Woo JANG, Kiran Kolar CHANDRASEKHARAN, Sehwan LEE
  • Patent number: 11783161
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 11783162
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 11775801
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 11775802
    Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilia Ovsiannikov, Ali Shafiee Ardestani, Joseph H. Hassoun, Lei Wang, Sehwan Lee, JoonHo Song, Jun-Woo Jang, Yibing Michelle Wang, Yuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 11736803
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a full-screen display device capable of sufficiently securing light transmittance of a sensor area overlapping a sensor unit in a pixel array and minimizing deterioration in perceived image quality of the sensor area. The pixels are arranged in the sensor area overlapping the sensor unit in the pixel array of the full-screen display device such that the number of pixels gradually decreases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks, and the area of a transmission portion gradually increases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Tae Kim, Jun-Woo Jang, Tae-Yong Park, Woong-Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20230153571
    Abstract: A quantization method of a neural network, and an apparatus for performing the quantization method are provided. The quantization method includes obtaining parameters of the neural network, quantizing the parameters using a quantization scheme in which at least one positive quantization level and at least one negative quantization level symmetric to each other by excluding zero from quantization levels, and outputting the quantized parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Jun-Woo JANG, Jaewoo PARK, Faaiz ASIM, Jongeun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230130779
    Abstract: A method with neural network compression includes: generating a second neural network by fine-tuning a first neural network, which is pre-trained based on training data, for a predetermined purpose; determining delta weights corresponding to differences between weights of the first neural network and weights of the second neural network; compressing the delta weights; retraining the second neural network updated based on the compressed delta weights and the weights of the first neural network; and encoding and storing the delta weights updated by the retraining of the second neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun-Woo JANG, Jaekang SHIN, Lee-Sup KIM, Seungkyu CHOI