Patent ID: 11971836
Assignee: SHANGHAI CAMBRICON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 4, wherein the operation unit includes one or more branch processing circuits, wherein each branch processing circuit is connected to at least one secondary processing circuit, wherein
the primary processing circuit determines that the input neuron is broadcast data, the weight is distribution data, divides the distribution data into a plurality of data blocks, and sends at least one of the plurality of data blocks, the broadcast data, and at least one of the plurality of operation instructions to the branch processing circuit;
the branch processing circuit forwards the data block, the broadcast data, and the operation instruction between the primary processing circuit and the plurality of secondary processing circuits;
the plurality of secondary processing circuits perform an operation on the received data block and broadcast data according to the operation instruction to obtain an intermediate result, and transfer the intermediate result to the branch processing circuit; and
the primary processing circuit performs subsequent processing on the intermediate results sent by the branch processing circuit to obtain a first operation result of the computation instruction, and sends the first operation result of the computation instruction to the controller unit.