公开(公告)号：US20240070221A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18502506

申请日：2023-11-06

申请人： Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

发明人： Eyyüb Hachmie SARI ,  Vanessa COURVILLE ,  Mohan LIU ,  Vahid PARTOVI NIA

IPC分类号： G06F17/12 ,  G06F7/50 ,  G06F7/523 ,  G06F7/544

CPC分类号： G06F17/12 ,  G06F7/50 ,  G06F7/523 ,  G06F7/5443

摘要： Methods and systems for generating an integer neural network are described. The method includes receiving an input vector comprising a plurality of input values. The plurality of input values are represented using a desired number bits. The input vector is multiplied by a weight vector, and the products of which are summed to obtain a first value. The first value is quantized and applied to a piecewise linear activation function to obtain a second value. The piecewise linear activation function is a set of linear function that collectively approximate a nonlinear activation function. The second value is quantized to generate the output of the neuron in the integer neural network.