Alibaba Group Holding Limited
APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTION OF NEURAL NETWORK

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and systems for processing a neural network. A processing unit includes: a command parser configured to dispatch commands and computing tasks; and at least one core communicatively coupled with the command parser and configured to process the dispatched computing task, each core comprising: a convolution unit having circuitry configured to perform a convolution operation; a pooling unit having circuitry configured to perform a pooling operation; at least one operation unit having circuitry configured to process data; and a sequencer communicatively coupled with the convolution unit, the pooling unit, and the at least one operation unit, and having circuitry configured to distribute instructions of the dispatched computing task to the convolution unit, the pooling unit, and the at least one operation unit for execution.