Patents by Inventor Xiaoqing Shan

Xiaoqing Shan 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: 11494627
    Abstract: A dynamic-tile neural network accelerator allows for the number and size of computational tiles to be re-configured. Each sub-array of computational cells has edge cells on the left-most column that have an added vector mux that feeds the cell output back to an adder-comparator to allow Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) and pooling operations that combine outputs shifted in from other cells. The edge cells drive external output registers and receive external weights. The weights and outputs are shifted in opposite directions horizontally between cells while control and input data are shifted in a same direction vertically between cells. A column of row data selectors is inserted between sub-arrays to bypass weights and output data around sub-arrays, while a row of column data selectors are inserted between sub-arrays to bypass control and input data. Larger tiles are configured by passing data directly through these selectors without bypassing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Tao Li, Xiaoqing Shan, Ka Lung Tim Wong, Xuejiao Liu, Yu Liu