Patent ID: 11972348
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A neural processor circuit, comprising:
a tensor access operation circuit coupled to a system memory external to the neural processor circuit, the tensor access operation circuit configured to read a source tensor from the system memory by referencing an index tensor in the system memory representing indexing information into the source tensor;
a data processor circuit coupled to the tensor access operation circuit, the data processor circuit configured to:
store an output version of the source tensor obtained from the tensor access operation circuit, and
send the output version of the source tensor as a plurality of units of input data; and

at least one neural engine circuit coupled to the data processor circuit, the at least one neural engine circuit configured to:
receive the plurality of units of input data from the data processor circuit, and
perform at least convolution operations on the plurality of units of input data and at least one kernel to generate output data.