公开(公告)号：US20230306233A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18103428

申请日：2023-01-30

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Marinus Willem VAN BAALEN ,  Brian KAHNE ,  Eric Wayne MAHURIN ,  Tijmen Pieter Frederik BLANKEVOORT ,  Andrey KUZMIN ,  Andrii SKLIAR ,  Markus NAGEL

IPC: G06N3/04

CPC classification number: G06N3/04

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes bit shifting a binary representation of a neural network parameter. The neural network parameter has fewer bits, b, than a number of hardware bits, B, supported by hardware that processes the neural network parameter. The bit shifting effectively multiplies the neural network parameter by 2B-b. The method also includes dividing a quantization scale by 2B-b to obtain an updated quantization scale. The method further includes quantizing the bit shifted binary representation with the updated quantization scale to obtain a value for the neural network parameter.