Attomey Docket No. TESLP004 / P0919-2NUS.
APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES PATENT
A COMPUTATIONAL ARRAY MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM
USING NON-CONSECUTIVE DATA FORMATTING
By Inventor(s):
Emil Talpes
San Mateo, CA
William McGee
San Jose, CA
Peter Bannon
Woodside, CA
Assignee: Tesla, Ine.
VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP
10050 N, Foothill Blvd., Suite 200
Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone (408) 973-2585A COMPUTATIONAL ARRAY MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM
USING CONSECUTIVE DATA FORMATTING
CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER APPLICATIONS
[0001 This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.
62/628,212 entitled A COMPUTATIONAL ARRAY MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM USING
NON-CONSECUTIVE DATA FORMATTING filed February 8, 2018, and this application
claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/625,251 entitled VECTOR
COMPUTATIONAL UNIT filed February 1, 2018, and this application claims priority to U.S.
Provisional Patent Application No, 62/536,399 entitled ACCELERATED MATHEMATICAL,
ENGINE filed July 24, 2017, and this application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending U.S.
Patent Application No. 15/710,433 entitled ACCELERATED MATHEMATICAL ENGINE.
filed September 20, 2017, which claims priori
to US. Provisional Patent Application No.
62/536,399 entitled ACCELERATED MATHEMATICAL ENGINE filed July 24, 2017, all of
which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
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0002] Processing for machine learning and arti ntelligence typically requires
performing mathematical operations on large sets of data and often involves solving multiple
convolution layers. Applications of machine learning, such as self-
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