US 12,293,229 B2
Artificial intelligence accelerator device
Xiaoyu Sun, San Jose, CA (US); Xiaochen Peng, San Jose, CA (US); and Murat Kerem Akarvardar, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,471.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069971 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/80 (2006.01); G06F 7/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/5027 (2013.01) [G06F 7/50 (2013.01); G06F 15/80 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator device, comprising:
a processing element array, comprising:
a plurality of columns of processing element circuits; and
a plurality of rows of processing element circuits;
a plurality of weight buffers associated with the processing element array,
wherein the plurality of weight buffers are associated with respective subsets of columns of the plurality of columns of processing element circuits of the processing element array; and
a weight buffer multiplexer circuit coupled with each weight buffer of the plurality of weight buffers.