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

Claim 17:
18. A system for performing neural network computations, the system comprising:
means for receiving input data for processing by a neural network comprising a plurality of nodes;
means for transmitting serially portions of the input data and first source identification data to the plurality of nodes; and
means for processing, 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; and
incrementing a count for each serially transmitted portion of the input data;

wherein the means for processing is further for, in response to the count meeting a threshold, for each node that stored the input data:
receiving an output of a transfer function; and
adding a second source identification data to the output of the transfer function; and

wherein the means for transmitting is further for serially transmitting the output of the transfer function with the second source identification data to each of the nodes of the plurality of nodes.