A survey of neuromorphic computing and neural networks in hardware

CD Schuman, TE Potok, RM Patton, JD Birdwell… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
Neuromorphic computing has come to refer to a variety of brain-inspired computers, devices,
and models that contrast the pervasive von Neumann computer architecture. This …

Cambricon-X: An accelerator for sparse neural networks

S Zhang, Z Du, L Zhang, H Lan, S Liu… - 2016 49th Annual …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neural networks (NNs) have been demonstrated to be useful in a broad range of
applications such as image recognition, automatic translation and advertisement …

Recent trends in neuromorphic engineering

S Soman, M Suri - Big Data Analytics, 2016 - Springer
Neuromorphic Engineering has emerged as an exciting research area, primarily owing to
the paradigm shift from conventional computing architectures to data-driven, cognitive …

Self-aware neural network systems: A survey and new perspective

Z Du, Q Guo, Y Zhao, T Zhi, Y Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neural network (NN) processors are specially designed to handle deep learning tasks by
utilizing multilayer artificial NNs. They have been demonstrated to be useful in broad …

Systems and methods for data management

C Huang, L Chen, K Ling, F Zhou - US Patent 10,241,837, 2019 - Google Patents
A method for data management is provided. The method comprises: storing the plurality of
items in a contiguous space within the memory, executing an instruction contain ing an …

Vector and matrix computing device

T Chen, X Zhang, S Liu, Y Chen - US Patent 10,762,164, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A computing device and related products are provided. The computing
device is configured to perform machine learning calculations. The computing device …

Apparatus and methods for neural network operations supporting fixed point numbers of short bit length

Y Chen, S Liu, Q Guo, T Chen - US Patent 11,295,196, 2022 - Google Patents
Aspects for neural network operations with fixed-point number of short bit length are
described herein. The aspects may include a fixed-point number converter configured to …

Data processing method and related products

Y Zhang, M **aofu, S Liu - US Patent 11,847,554, 2023 - Google Patents
US11847554B2 - Data processing method and related products - Google Patents
US11847554B2 - Data processing method and related products - Google Patents Data …

Apparatus and methods for generating dot product

T Zhi, Q Guo, S Liu, T Chen, Y Chen - US Patent 10,860,316, 2020 - Google Patents
Aspects for generating a dot product for two vectors in neural network are described herein.
The aspects may include a controller unit configured to receive a vector load instruction that …

Control device, method and equipment for processor

Z Fang, W Bingrui - US Patent 11,513,586, 2022 - Google Patents
Disclosed in the present application are a control device, method and equipment for a
processor. The control device for the processor comprises: an arithmetic circuit and a …