Patent ID: 11941512
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system of performing neural network computations, the system comprising:
an input interface configured to receive input data for neural network processing; and
a common serial bus configured to serially transmit portions of the input data and a first source identification data to a plurality of nodes of a neural network, wherein in response to each portion of the input data being serially transmitted from the common serial bus, a count is incremented;
wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is configured to:
in response to the first source identification data matching one or more addresses stored at the node, store each portion of the input data in a respective register of the node; and
in response to the count meeting a threshold, for each node that stored the input data:
transmit the stored input data to a transfer function of the node;
receive an output of the transfer function;
add a second source identification data to the output of the transfer function; and
transmit the output of the transfer function with the second source identification data to each node of the plurality of nodes via the common serial bus.