Abstract: Systems and techniques for an adaptive authentication system are described herein. In an example, an adaptive authentication system is adapted to receive a request at a first entity from a second entity for secure data of a user, where the second entity is remote from the first entity. The adaptive authentication system may be further adapted to transmit a prompt to a user device associated with the user for authentication of the user and authentication of the request. The adaptive authentication system may be further adapted to receive a response to the prompt and authenticate the user and the request based on the response. The adaptive authentication system may be further adapted to transmit the secure data of the user to the second entity.

Abstract: A system includes a matrix transpose component, a matrix processing component, a data modification component, and a data reduction component. The matrix transpose component is configured to transpose a stored matrix to an output matrix. The matrix processing component is configured to multiply the output matrix with a mask vector to determine a result vector. The data modification component is configured to modify at least a portion of the result vector to determine a modified vector. The data reduction component is configured to sum at least a portion of elements included in the modified vector.

Abstract: A device includes a matrix transpose component, a matrix processing component, a data alignment component, and a data reduction component. The matrix transpose component is configured to transpose an input matrix of elements to output an output matrix of the elements that have been transposed. The matrix processing component is configured to multiply a first multiplication input matrix with a second multiplication input matrix, wherein the output matrix of the matrix transpose component is utilized as the first multiplication input matrix and a mask vector is utilized as the second multiplication input matrix. The data alignment component is configured to modify at least a portion of elements of a result of the matrix processing component. The data reduction component is configured to sum at least the elements of the modified result of the matrix processing component to determine a sum of the group of values.

Abstract: A device (e.g., integrated circuit chip) includes a first operand register, a second operand register, a multiplication unit, and a hardware logic component. The first operand register is configured to store a first operand value. The second operand register is configured to store a second operand value. The multiplication unit is configured to at least multiply the first operand value with the second operand value. The hardware logic component is configured to detect whether a zero value is provided and in response to a detection that the zero value is being provided: cause an update of at least the first operand register to be disabled, and cause a result of a multiplication of the first operand value with the second operand value to be a zero-value result.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include (1) maintaining (a) a filter matrix in a filter cache included in a local memory device (LMD) included in a hardware accelerator, and (b) a plurality of activation matrices corresponding to different rows of an activation volume in an activation cache included in the LMD, (2) for each activation matrix, directing a matrix multiplication unit (MMU) included in the hardware accelerator to execute a matrix multiplication operation (MMU) using the filter matrix and the activation matrix, (3) loading an additional filter matrix into the filter cache, and (4) directing the MMU to execute a plurality of additional MMOs, each additional MMO using one filter matrix included in the filter cache and one activation matrix included in the activation cache, such that the MMU reuses the filter matrix for at least one additional MMO and uses the additional filter matrix for a different additional MMO.

Abstract: A system includes a vector multiplier configured to multiply a first vector of integer elements with a second vector of integer elements to determine a resulting vector of integer elements, wherein integer elements of the first and second vectors of integer elements are represented using a first number of bits and an integer element of the first vector of integer elements represents a portion of a value of a group of values. The system further includes a vector adder configured to add together the integer elements of the resulting vector of integer elements to determine a summed result, a bit shifter configured to shift bits of the summed result leftward, and an accumulator configured to determine an accumulated output sum that includes the leftward-shifted summed result.

Abstract: A processor system comprises a plurality of processing elements. Each processing element includes a corresponding convolution processor unit configured to perform a portion of a groupwise convolution. The corresponding convolution processor unit determines multiplication results by multiplying each data element of a portion of data elements in a convolution data matrix with a corresponding data element in a corresponding groupwise convolution weight matrix. The portion of data elements in the convolution data matrix that are multiplied belong to different channels and different groups. For each specific channel of the different channels, the corresponding convolution processor unit sums together at least some of the multiplication results belonging to the same specific channel to determine a corresponding channel convolution result data element.

Abstract: A system comprises a data input vector unit, a weight input vector unit, and a plurality of calculation units. The data input vector unit is configured to concurrently receive elements of different rows of a first and second data matrix. The weight input vector unit is configured to receive a combined weight vector and at least in part concurrently provide obtained weight elements of a first and second weight matrix to a corresponding first and second group of calculation units. At least one calculation unit of each group of the first and second group of calculation units is configured to multiply elements from the data input vector unit with corresponding elements of the corresponding weight matrix from the weight input vector unit and sum together multiplication results of the corresponding calculation unit to at least in part determine a corresponding element in a first or second convolution result matrix.

Abstract: A low voltage system and method for servicing welding equipment including a service tool that may provide a low voltage power source to the welding equipment, enabling the welding equipment to be tested in a low voltage mode of operation. The service tool may also run various test sequences on the welding equipment operating in a low voltage mode of operation to troubleshoot and diagnose any issues with the circuitry of the welding equipment.

Abstract: A processor system comprises a first and second group of registers and a hardware channel convolution processor unit. The first group of registers is configured to store data elements of channels of a portion of a convolution data matrix. Each register stores at least one data element from each channel. The second group of registers is configured to store data elements of convolution weight matrices including a separate convolution weight matrix for each channel. Each register stores at least one data element from each convolution weight matrix. The hardware channel convolution processor unit is configured to multiply each data element in the first group of registers with a corresponding data element in the second group of registers and sum together the multiplication results for each specific channel to determine corresponding channel convolution result data elements in a corresponding channel convolution result matrix.

Abstract: A processor system comprises two groups of registers and a hardware channel convolution processor unit. The first group of registers is configured to store data elements of channels of a portion of a convolution data matrix. Each register stores at least one data element from each channel. The second group of registers is configured to store data elements of convolution weight matrices including a separate matrix for each channel. Each register stores at least one data element from each matrix. The hardware channel convolution processor unit is configured to multiply each data element in a first and second portion of the first group of registers with a corresponding data element in the second group of registers to determine corresponding multiplication results and sum together the multiplication results for each specific channel to determine two corresponding channel convolution result data elements in a corresponding channel convolution result matrix.

Abstract: A first group of elements is element-wise multiplied with a second group of elements using a plurality of multipliers belonging to a matrix multiplication hardware unit. Results of the plurality of multipliers are added together using a hierarchical tree of adders belonging to the matrix multiplication hardware unit and a final result of the hierarchical tree of adders or any of a plurality of intermediate results of the hierarchical tree of adders is selectively provided for use in determining an output result matrix.

Abstract: A device includes a matrix transpose component, a matrix processing component, a data alignment component, and a data reduction component. The matrix transpose component is configured to transpose an input matrix of elements to output an output matrix of the elements that have been transposed. The matrix processing component is configured to multiply a first multiplication input matrix with a second multiplication input matrix, wherein the output matrix of the matrix transpose component is utilized as the first multiplication input matrix and a mask vector is utilized as the second multiplication input matrix. The data alignment component is configured to modify at least a portion of elements of a result of the matrix processing component. The data reduction component is configured to sum at least the elements of the modified result of the matrix processing component to determine a sum of the group of values.

Abstract: A processor system comprises a shared memory and a processing element. The processing element includes a matrix processor unit and is in communication with the shared memory. The processing element is configured to receive a processor instruction specifying a data matrix and a matrix manipulation operation. A manipulation matrix based on the processor instruction is identified. The data matrix and the manipulation matrix are used to perform a matrix operation to determine a result matrix.

Abstract: A device (e.g., an integrated circuit chip) includes a dot product processing component, a data alignment component, and an accumulator. The dot product processing component is configured to calculate a dot product of a first group of elements stored in a first storage unit with a second group of elements, wherein: each element of the first group of elements is represented using a first number of bits, each value of a group of values stored in the first storage unit is represented using a second number of bits greater than the first number of bits, and each value of the group of values is stored as split segments across more than one element of the elements of the first group of elements. The data alignment component is configured to receive results of the dot product processing component and modify one or more of the results of the dot product processing component. The accumulator is configured to sum outputs of the data alignment component to at least in part determine a sum of the group of values.

Abstract: A processor system comprises a hardware channel convolution processor unit and dot product processor unit. The channel convolution processor unit is configured to perform depthwise convolution, including by multiplying each data element of a first group of data elements of a convolution data matrix with a corresponding data element of a second group of data elements of a plurality of depthwise convolution weight matrices and summing together, for each specific channel, multiplication results corresponding to the specific channel to determine one corresponding result data element in a corresponding channel convolution result matrix to calculate a portion of depthwise convolution results.

Abstract: A system comprises a data input vector unit, a weight input vector unit, and a plurality of calculation units of a matrix processor unit. The data input vector unit is configured to concurrently receive elements of different rows of a first and second data matrix. The weight input vector unit is configured to receive a combined weight vector and at least in part concurrently provide obtained weight elements of a first and second weight matrix to a corresponding first and second group of calculation units. Each calculation unit of the first and second group of calculation units is configured to multiply elements from the data input vector unit with elements of the corresponding weight matrix from the weight input vector unit and sum together multiplication results of the corresponding calculation unit to at least in part determine a corresponding element in a first or second convolution result matrix.

Abstract: A device includes a matrix transpose component, a matrix processing component, a data alignment component, and a data reduction component. The matrix transpose component is configured to transpose an input matrix of elements to output an output matrix of the elements that have been transposed. The matrix processing component is configured to multiply a first multiplication input matrix with a second multiplication input matrix, wherein the output matrix of the matrix transpose component is utilized as the first multiplication input matrix and a mask vector is utilized as the second multiplication input matrix. The data alignment component is configured to modify at least a portion of elements of a result of the matrix processing component. The data reduction component is configured to sum at least the elements of the modified result of the matrix processing component to determine a sum of the group of values.

Abstract: A processor system comprises a shared memory and a processing element. The processing element includes a matrix processor unit and is in communication with the shared memory. The processing element is configured to receive a processor instruction specifying a data matrix and a matrix manipulation operation. A manipulation matrix based on the processor instruction is identified. The data matrix and the manipulation matrix are loaded into the matrix processor unit and a matrix operation is performed to determine a result matrix. The result matrix is outputted to a destination location.

Abstract: A processor system comprises one or more logic units configured to receive a processor instruction identifying a first floating point number to be multiplied with a second floating point number. The floating point numbers are each decomposed into a group of a plurality of component numbers, wherein a number of bits used to represent each floating point number is greater than a number of bits used to represent any component number in each group of the plurality of component numbers. The component numbers of the first group are multiplied with the component numbers of the second group to determine intermediate multiplication results that are summed together to determine an effective result that represents a result of multiplying the first floating point number with the second floating point number.