US 11,995,417 B2
Neural processing unit, neural processing system, and application system
Young Nam Hwang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hyung-Dal Kwon, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Dae Hyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,385.
Application 18/342,385 is a continuation of application No. 16/439,928, filed on Jun. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,733,968.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0137345 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0342113 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 7/544 (2006.01); G06F 17/15 (2006.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/063 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 7/5443 (2013.01) [G06F 17/15 (2013.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/063 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A neural processing unit comprising:
a hardware block reconfigurable as
a first hardware core configured to execute an operation of a first neural network, or
a second hardware core configured to execute an operation of a second neural network different from the first neural network;
an internal memory storing function data used to execute the operation of the first neural network or the operation of the second neural network; and
at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to reconfigure the hardware block as the first hardware core or the second hardware core.