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

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for execution of a neural network. An exemplary method can be implemented by a processing unit. The processing unit can include 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 can include a convolution unit, a pooling unit, at least one operation unit and a sequencer communicatively coupled with the convolution unit, the pooling unit, and the at least one operation unit and 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. The method can include: reading, by the convolution unit, data from a local memory of the at least one operation unit; performing, by the convolution unit, a convolution operation on the data to generate a feature map; and performing, by the pooling unit, a pooling operation on the feature map.