Patents by Inventor Yimin ZHUANG

Yimin ZHUANG 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: 11977968
    Abstract: The present application provides an operation device and related products. The operation device is configured to execute operations of a network model, wherein the network model includes a neural network model and/or non-neural network model; the operation device comprises an operation unit, a controller unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a data input unit, a storage medium and a scalar data storage unit. The technical solution provided by this application has advantages of a fast calculation speed and energy-saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CAMBRICON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianshi Chen, Yimin Zhuang, Daofu Liu, Xiaobin Chen, Zai Wang, Shaoli Liu
  • Publication number: 20240111536
    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: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Bingrui Wang, Xiaoyong ZHOU, Yimin ZHUANG, Huiying LAN, Jun LIANG, Hongbo ZENG
  • Patent number: 11886880
    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: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Bingrui Wang, Xiaoyong Zhou, Yimin Zhuang, Huiying Lan, Jun Liang, Hongbo Zeng
  • Patent number: 11720783
    Abstract: Aspects of a neural network operation device are described herein. The aspects may include a matrix element storage module configured to receive a first matrix that includes one or more first values, each of the first values being represented in a sequence that includes one or more bits. The matrix element storage module may be further configured to respectively store the one or more bits in one or more storage spaces in accordance with positions of the bits in the sequence. The aspects may further include a numeric operation module configured to calculate an intermediate result for each storage space based on one or more second values in a second matrix and an accumulation module configured to sum the intermediate results to generate an output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CAMBRICON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianshi Chen, Yimin Zhuang, Qi Guo, Shaoli Liu, Yunji Chen
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220019439
    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: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Bingrui WANG, Xiaoyong ZHOU, Yimin ZHUANG, Huiying LAN, Jun LIANG, Hongbo ZENG
  • Publication number: 20210150325
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing method and an 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: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Bingrui WANG, Xiaoyong ZHOU, Yimin ZHUANG, Huiying LAN, Jun LIANG
  • Patent number: 10896369
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operation device, comprising: an operation module for executing a neural network operation; and a power conversion module connected to the operation module, for converting input neuron data and/or output neuron data of the neural network operation into power neuron data. The present disclosure further provides an operation method. The operation device and method according to the present disclosure reduce the cost of storage resources and computing resources and increase the operation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Yimin Zhuang, Qi Guo, Tianshi Chen
  • Patent number: 10635965
    Abstract: Aspects of a neural network convolution device are described herein. The aspects may include a matrix transformer and a matrix multiplication module. The matrix transformer may be configured to receive an input data matrix and a weight matrix, transform the input data matrix into a transformed input data matrix based on a first transformation matrix, and transform the weight matrix into a transformed weight matrix based on a second transformation matrix. The matrix multiplication module may be configured to multiply one or more input data elements in the transformed input data matrix with one or more weight elements in the transformed weight matrix to generate an intermediate output matrix. The matrix transformer may be further configured to transform the intermediate output matrix into an output matrix based on an inverse transformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CAMBRICON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianshi Chen, Yimin Zhuang, Qi Guo, Shaoli Liu, Yunji Chen
  • Publication number: 20200050927
    Abstract: Aspects of a neural network operation device are described herein. The aspects may include a matrix element storage module configured to receive a first matrix that includes one or more first values, each of the first values being represented in a sequence that includes one or more bits. The matrix element storage module may be further configured to respectively store the one or more bits in one or more storage spaces in accordance with positions of the bits in the sequence. The aspects may further include a numeric operation module configured to calculate an intermediate result for each storage space based on one or more second values in a second matrix and an accumulation module configured to sum the intermediate results to generate an output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tianshi CHEN, Yimin ZHUANG, Qi GUO, Shaoli LIU, Yunji CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200034698
    Abstract: The present application provides an operation device and related products. The operation device is configured to execute operations of a network model, wherein the network model includes a neural network model and/or non-neural network model; the operation device comprises an operation unit, a controller unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a data input unit, a storage medium and a scalar data storage unit. The technical solution provided by this application has advantages of a fast calculation speed and energy-saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianshi CHEN, Yimin ZHUANG, Daofu LIU, Xiaobin CHEN, Zai WANG, Shaoli LIU
  • Publication number: 20190385058
    Abstract: The present application provides an operation device and related products. The operation device is configured to execute operations of a network model, wherein the network model includes a neural network model and/or non-neural network model; the operation device comprises an operation unit, a controller unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a data input unit, a storage medium and a scalar data storage unit. The technical solution provided by this application has advantages of a fast computation speed and energy-saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tianshi CHEN, Yimin ZHUANG, Daofu LIU, Xiaobing CHEN, Zai WANG, Shaoli LIU
  • Patent number: 10509998
    Abstract: Aspects of a neural network operation device are described herein. The aspects may include a matrix element storage module configured to receive a first matrix that includes one or more first values, each of the first values being represented in a sequence that includes one or more bits. The matrix element storage module may be further configured to respectively store the one or more bits in one or more storage spaces in accordance with positions of the bits in the sequence. The aspects may further include a numeric operation module configured to calculate an intermediate result for each storage space based on one or more second values in a second matrix and an accumulation module configured to sum the intermediate results to generate an output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CAMBRICON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianshi Chen, Yimin Zhuang, Qi Guo, Shaoli Liu, Yunji Chen
  • Publication number: 20190311242
    Abstract: Aspects of a neural network convolution device are described herein. The aspects may include a matrix transformer and a matrix multiplication module. The matrix transformer may be configured to receive an input data matrix and a weight matrix, transform the input data matrix into a transformed input data matrix based on a first transformation matrix, and transform the weight matrix into a transformed weight matrix based on a second transformation matrix. The matrix multiplication module may be configured to multiply one or more input data elements in the transformed input data matrix with one or more weight elements in the transformed weight matrix to generate an intermediate output matrix. The matrix transformer may be further configured to transform the intermediate output matrix into an output matrix based on an inverse transformation matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tianshi CHEN, Yimin ZHUANG, Qi GUO, Shaoli LIU, Yunji CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190311252
    Abstract: Aspects of a neural network operation device are described herein. The aspects may include a matrix element storage module configured to receive a first matrix that includes one or more first values, each of the first values being represented in a sequence that includes one or more bits. The matrix element storage module may be further configured to respectively store the one or more bits in one or more storage spaces in accordance with positions of the bits in the sequence. The aspects may further include a numeric operation module configured to calculate an intermediate result for each storage space based on one or more second values in a second matrix and an accumulation module configured to sum the intermediate results to generate an output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tianshi CHEN, Yimin ZHUANG, Qi GUO, Shaoli LIU, Yunji CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190205739
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operation device, comprising: an operation module for executing a neural network operation; and a power conversion module connected to the operation module, for converting input neuron data and/or output neuron data of the neural network operation into power neuron data. The present disclosure further provides an operation method. The operation device and method according to the present disclosure reduce the cost of storage resources and computing resources and increase the operation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Shaoli LIU, Yimin ZHUANG, Qi GUO, Tianshi CHEN, Xiaobing CHEN, Tian ZHI, Zidong DU, Yifan HAO, Zai WANG, Wei LI, Lei ZHANG, Shuai HU