Patents by Inventor Xiaoming Chen

Xiaoming Chen 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).

  • SPECIALIZED FIXED FUNCTION HARDWARE FOR EFFICIENT CONVOLUTION
    Publication number: 20220114430
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising an instruction cache to store a plurality of instructions, a scheduler unit coupled to the instruction cache, the scheduler unit to schedule the plurality of instructions for execution, an instruction fetch and decode unit to decode the plurality of instructions to determine a set of operations to perform in response, one or more compute blocks to perform parallel multiply-accumulate operations based on the instruction fetch and decode unit decoding a first instruction of the plurality of instructions, and matrix multiplication logic to perform matrix multiplication operations based on the instruction fetch and decode unit decoding a second instruction of the plurality of instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajkishore Barik, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Xiaoming Chen, Dhawal Srivastava, Anbang Yao, Kevin Nealis, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Sara S. Baghsorkhi, Balaji Vembu, Tatiana Shpeisman, Ping T. Tang
  • APPARATUS OF CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM SUCH AS ELECTRON MICROSCOPE COMPRISING CO-CONDENSERS FOR CONTINUOUS IMAGE RESOLUTION TUNING
    Publication number: 20220108865
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus of charged-particle beam such as an electron microscope with co-condensers. A source of charged particles is configured to emit a beam of charged particles, and the co-condensers including two or more magnetic condensers are configured to coherently focus the beam to a single crossover spot. The invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as continuous image resolution tuning, and automatic switching between multiple resolutions, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • RAPID AND AUTOMATIC VIRUS IMAGING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AS WELL AS METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220108443
    Abstract: A rapid and automatic virus imaging and analysis system includes (i) electron optical sub-systems (EOSs), each of which has a large field of view (FOV) and is capable of instant magnification switching for rapidly scanning a virus sample; (ii) sample management sub-systems (SMSs), each of which automatically loads virus samples into one of the EOSs for virus sample scanning and then unloads the virus samples from the EOS after the virus sample scanning is completed; (iii) virus detection and classification sub-systems (VDCSs), each of which automatically detects and classifies a virus based on images from the EOS virus sample scanning; and (iv) a cloud-based collaboration sub-system for analyzing the virus sample scanning images, storing images from the EOS virus sample scanning, and storing and analyzing machine data associated with the EOSs, the SMSs, and the VDCSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • NOVEL STAGE DRIVING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OR DEVICE SUCH AS APPARATUS OF CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220108869
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving system comprising two actuators for moving a stage through two elastic connectors; and a general apparatus/device comprising such a driving system, such as a machine tool, an analytical instrument, an optical microscope, and an apparatus of charged-particle beam such as electron microscope and an electron beam lithographical apparatus. When used in an electron microscope, the stage can be used as a specimen stage or a plate having apertures for electron beam to pass through. The novel stage driving system exhibits numerous technical merits such as simpler structure, better manufacturability, improved cost-effectiveness, and higher reliability, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • DIGITAL DETECTOR, APPARATUS OF CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM SUCH AS ELECTRON MICROSCOPE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220108867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital high-resolution detector for detecting X-ray, UV light or charged particles. In various embodiments, the digital detector comprises an array of CMOS or CCD pixels and a layer of conversion material on top of the array designed for converting incident X-ray, UV light or charged particles into photons for CMOS or CCD sensors to capture. The thin and high-resolution detector of the invention is particularly useful for monitoring and aligning beams in, and optimizing system performance of, an apparatus of charged-particle beam e.g. an electron microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • Apparatus of charged-particle beam such as electron microscope comprising co-condensers for continuous image resolution tuning
    Patent number: 11295927
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus of charged-particle beam such as an electron microscope with co-condensers. A source of charged particles is configured to emit a beam of charged particles, and the co-condensers including two or more magnetic condensers are configured to coherently focus the beam to a single crossover spot. The invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as continuous image resolution tuning, and automatic switching between multiple resolutions, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • AQUEOUS PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION OF HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE AND MONOTHIOGLYCEROL
    Publication number: 20220096496
    Abstract: Aqueous hydrocortisone sodium phosphate and monothioglycerol formulations are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoming CHEN, Shaowei ONG
  • Compute optimization mechanism
    Patent number: 11270405
    Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes a mixed precision core to perform a mixed precision multi-dimensional matrix multiply and accumulate operation on 8-bit and/or 32 bit signed or unsigned integer elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek R. Appu, Altug Koker, Linda L. Hurd, Dukhwan Kim, Mike B. Macpherson, John C. Weast, Feng Chen, Farshad Akhbari, Narayan Srinivasa, Nadathur Rajagopalan Satish, Joydeep Ray, Ping T. Tang, Michael S. Strickland, Xiaoming Chen, Anbang Yao, Tatiana Shpeisman
  • Electrode assembly, electronic apparatus/device using the same, and apparatus of charged-particle beam such as electron microscope using the same
    Patent number: 11257659
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly comprising two or more electrodes arranged around a primary axis forming a non-cylindrical channel space. General electronic apparatus/device, particularly apparatus of charged-particle beam such as electron microscope, may use the electrode assembly to create an optimized pattern of electrical field within non-cylindrical channel space. When the electrode assembly is used as a beam deflector in a magnetic objective lens, the electrical field within the central channel space can be co-optimized with the magnetic field for reducing aberration(s) such as distortion, field curvature, astigmatism, and chromatic aberration, after the beam passes through the central channel space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • INSTRUCTIONS AND LOGIC TO PERFORM FLOATING POINT AND INTEGER OPERATIONS FOR MACHINE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20220019431
    Abstract: A processing apparatus is provided comprising a multiprocessor having a multithreaded architecture. The multiprocessor can execute at least one single instruction to perform parallel mixed precision matrix operations. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a memory interface and an array of multiprocessors coupled to the memory interface. At least one multiprocessor in the array of multiprocessors is configured to execute a fused multiply-add instruction in parallel across multiple threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Himanshu Kaul, Mark A. Anders, Sanu K. Mathew, Anbang Yao, Joydeep Ray, Ping T. Tang, Michael S. Strickland, Xiaoming Chen, Tatiana Shpeisman, Abhishek R. Appu, Altug Koker, Kamal Sinha, Balaji Vembu, Nicolas C. Galoppo Von Borries, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Rajkishore Barik, Tsung-Han Lin, Vasanth Ranganathan, Sanjeev Jahagirdar
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220013874
    Abstract: A battery assembly including a first end; a first cell; a second cell, stacked with the first cell, the first cell and the second cell are electrically connected via their tabs to form a series tab assembly or a parallel tab assembly, wherein a gap exists between the series tab assembly or the parallel tab assembly and the first end; and a tab insulator, having a first part and a second part extending from the first part, and the second part is located in the gap of the series tab assembly or the parallel tab assembly at the first end. The battery assembly and the electrochemical device including the battery assembly realize a connection of a soft-package battery with external device(s) by a simple structure and have good current overload capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Denglong HUANG, Xiaoming CHEN
  • Sound producing device
    Patent number: 11223897
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sound producing device comprising a housing having a hollow cavity; a first sound producing membrane mounted on the housing, separating the hollow cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity; a main vibration component mounted in the second cavity, separating the second cavity into a main sound producing cavity and a mounting cavity; a first sound outlet hole and a second sound outlet hole in wall portions of the housing; and a driving mechanism in the second cavity. The driving mechanism drives the main vibration component to vibrate, and the vibration of the main vibration component drives the first sound producing membrane to vibrate through the air in the main sound producing cavity; the sound produced by the main vibration component mixes with the sound produced by the first sound producing membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Suzhou Yichuan Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Chen, Zhe Wu
  • Positioning locking mechanism of rotational member
    Patent number: 11215208
    Abstract: A positioning locking mechanism of a rotational member comprising a rotational positioning member provided with a positioning groove; a rotational member pivotally connected with the rotational positioning member and rotating around the rotational positioning member; a positioning member arranged in the rotational member and movably meshed with the positioning groove; and a locking operation member arranged in the rotational member to control the motion of the positioning member. The positioning locking mechanism can effectively ensure that the positioning and locking of the rotational member cannot be invalid due to accident collision or component fatigue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Xiaoming Chen
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210408643
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present application relates to a battery assembly and an electrochemical device. The battery assembly includes a first cell including a first tab and a second tab; and a second cell stacked with the first cell; the first tab includes a first portion and a second portion extending from an end of the first portion and approximately vertical to the first portion; the third tab includes a first portion and a second portion extending from an end of the first portion and approximately vertical to the first portion of the third tab; the second portions of the first tab and the second portion are stacked and electrically connected. The battery assembly of the present application can achieve connection of the soft-package battery with external device(s) through a simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Denglong HUANG, Xiaoming CHEN
  • Programmable coarse grained and sparse matrix compute hardware with advanced scheduling
    Patent number: 11210760
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for a compute apparatus to perform machine learning operations, the compute apparatus comprising a decode unit to decode a single instruction into a decoded instruction, the decoded instruction to cause the compute apparatus to perform a complex machine learning compute operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eriko Nurvitadhi, Balaji Vembu, Nicolas C. Galoppo Von Borries, Rajkishore Barik, Tsung-Han Lin, Kamal Sinha, Nadathur Rajagopalan Satish, Jeremy Bottleson, Farshad Akhbari, Altug Koker, Narayan Srinivasa, Dukhwan Kim, Sara S. Baghsorkhi, Justin E. Gottschlich, Feng Chen, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Kevin Nealis, Xiaoming Chen, Anbang Yao
  • CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20210397925
    Abstract: A library of machine learning primitives is provided to optimize a machine learning model to improve the efficiency of inference operations. In one embodiment a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) model is processed into a trained CNN model via pruning, convolution window optimization, and quantization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Liwei Ma, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Barath Lakshmanan, Ben J. Ashbaugh, Jingyi Jin, Jeremy Bottleson, Mike B. Macpherson, Kevin Nealis, Dhawal Srivastava, Joydeep Ray, Ping T. Tang, Michael S. Strickland, Xiaoming Chen, Anbang Yao, Tatiana Shpeisman, Altug Koker, Abhishek R. Appu
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210399387
    Abstract: The embodiment of the application relates to a battery assembly and an electrochemical device. The battery assembly includes a first end; a first cell; a second cell, stacked with the first cell, and a first insulator. The first cell is electrically connected with the second cell in series to form a first set of tabs in series, or the first cell is electrically connected with the second cell in parallel to form a first set of tabs in parallel. The first insulator at least covers the first end and being located in a gap of the first series tab assembly or the first parallel tab assembly at the first end. The battery assembly and the electrochemical device provided by the embodiment of the application can realize connection of a soft-package battery with the outside by a simple structure, and meanwhile, has good mechanical resistance and environment resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Denglong HUANG, Xiaoming CHEN
  • COMPUTE OPTIMIZATIONS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20210373886
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for a compute apparatus comprising a decode unit to decode a single instruction into a decoded instruction that specifies multiple operands including a multi-bit input value and a ternary weight associated with a neural network and an arithmetic logic unit including a multiplier, an adder, and an accumulator register. To execute the decoded instruction, the multiplier is to perform a multiplication operation on the multi-bit input based on the ternary weight to generate an intermediate product and the adder is to add the intermediate product to a value stored in the accumulator register and update the value stored in the accumulator register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Nealis, Anbang Yao, Xiaoming Chen, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Sara S. Baghsorkhi, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Balaji Vembu, Nicolas C. Galoppo Von Borries, Rajkishore Barik, Tsung-Han Lin, Kamal Sinha
  • TRAINING WITH ADAPTIVE RUNTIME AND PRECISION PROFILING
    Publication number: 20210350215
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient training of neural networks at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting one or more inputs for training of a neural network, and introducing randomness in floating point (FP) numbers to prevent overtraining of the neural network, where introducing randomness includes replacing less-significant low-order bits of operand and result values with new low-order bits during the training of the neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian T. Lewis, Rajkishore Barik, Murali Sundaresan, Leonard Truong, Feng Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Mike B. MacPherson
  • Instructions and logic to perform floating-point and integer operations for machine learning
    Patent number: 11169799
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for a graphics processing unit to accelerate machine-learning operations, the graphics processing unit comprising a multiprocessor having a single instruction, multiple thread (SIMT) architecture, the multiprocessor to execute at least one single instruction; and a first compute unit included within the multiprocessor, the at least one single instruction to cause the first compute unit to perform a two-dimensional matrix multiply and accumulate operation, wherein to perform the two-dimensional matrix multiply and accumulate operation includes to compute a 32-bit intermediate product of 16-bit operands and to compute a 32-bit sum based on the 32-bit intermediate product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Himanshu Kaul, Mark A. Anders, Sanu K. Mathew, Anbang Yao, Joydeep Ray, Ping T. Tang, Michael S. Strickland, Xiaoming Chen, Tatiana Shpeisman, Abhishek R. Appu, Altug Koker, Kamal Sinha, Balaji Vembu, Nicolas C. Galoppo Von Borries, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Rajkishore Barik, Tsung-Han Lin, Vasanth Ranganathan, Sanjeev Jahagirdar