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

Claim 7:
8. A method of performing neural network computations, the method comprising:
receiving input data for processing in a neural network comprising a plurality of nodes;
transmitting the input data and first source identification data to the plurality of nodes via a common serial bus, wherein the common serial bus serially transmits portions of the input data and the first source identification data to the plurality of nodes;
for each node of the plurality of nodes, in response to the first source identification data matching one or more addresses stored at the node:
storing each serially transmitted portion of the input data in a respective register of the node of the plurality of nodes; and
incrementing a count for each serially transmitted portion of the input data; and

in response to the count satisfying a threshold, for each node that stored the input data:
transmitting the stored input data to a transfer function of the node;
receiving an output of the transfer function;
adding a second source identification data to the output of the transfer function; and
transmitting 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.