Title:
ENERGETICALLY EFFICIENT REPRESENTATION OF SIGNED INTEGER NON UNIFORM WEIGHTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/087726
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A method and a processing apparatus for reducing the energy consumption of machine learning model execution by storing parameters in sign magnitude format and converting the parameters to two's complement format in proximity to the arithmetic processing components. Two's complement format is used in many processing circuitries, and since many weights are close to zero and since transitions may account for most of the power consumption of computing devices, energy consumption may be saved by storing weight data in sign magnitude format. This representation may reduce the bit toggle rate of the more significant bits other than the sign.
Inventors:
SHAHAR MOSHE (CN)
COHEN EHUD (CN)
COHEN EHUD (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2023/105127
Publication Date:
May 02, 2024
Filing Date:
June 30, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
G06N20/00
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