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EP4167144 - METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN OPTIMIZED HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE EXECUTION OF A NEURAL NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  17.03.2023
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2023The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
02.08.2023Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
Bâtiment "Le Ponant D"
25 rue Leblanc
75015 Paris / FR
For all designated states
Universite De Bretagne Sud
27 rue Armand Guillemot
56100 Lorient / FR
[2023/16]
Inventor(s)01 / ALI, Nermine
91191 GIF-SUR-YVETTE Cedex / FR
02 / PHILIPPE, Jean-Marc
91190 GIF-SUR-YVETTE / FR
03 / TAIN, Benoît
91191 GIF-SUR-YVETTE Cedex / FR
04 / COUSSY, Philippe
56270 PLOEMEUR / FR
 [2023/16]
Representative(s)Atout PI Laplace
Immeuble Up On
25 Boulevard Romain Rolland
CS 40072
75685 Paris Cedex 14 / FR
[N/P]
Former [2023/16]Atout PI Laplace
Immeuble "Visium"
22, avenue Aristide Briand
94117 Arcueil Cedex / FR
Application number, filing date22199722.405.10.2022
[2023/16]
Priority number, dateFR2021001088014.10.2021         Original published format: FR 2110880
[2023/16]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4167144
Date:19.04.2023
Language:FR
[2023/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.01.2023
ClassificationIPC:G06N3/063, G06F30/30, G06N3/12, G06N3/10, // G06N3/04, G06N3/08
[2023/16]
CPC:
G06N3/063 (EP); G06F30/323 (EP); G06N3/0464 (EP);
G06N3/105 (EP); G06N3/126 (EP); G06N3/086 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2023/16]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM ENTWURF EINER OPTIMIERTEN HARDWAREARCHITEKTUR ZUR AUSFÜHRUNG EINES NEURONALEN NETZWERKS[2023/16]
English:METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN OPTIMIZED HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE EXECUTION OF A NEURAL NETWORK[2023/16]
French:METHODE DE CONCEPTION D'UNE ARCHITECTURE MATERIELLE OPTIMISEE POUR L'EXECUTION D'UN RESEAU DE NEURONES[2023/16]
Examination procedure05.10.2022Examination requested  [2023/16]
02.08.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.08.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
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Documents cited:Search[I]  - SHAHSHAHANI MASOUD ET AL, "A Framework for Modeling, Optimizing, and Implementing DNNs on FPGA Using HLS", 2020 IEEE 14TH DALLAS CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (DCAS), IEEE, (20201115), doi:10.1109/DCAS51144.2020.9330667, pages 1 - 6, XP033886892 [I] 1-8 * Sections II.A, II.C;; figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DCAS51144.2020.9330667
 [A]  - SHAHSHAHANI MASOUD ET AL, "Resource and Performance Estimation for CNN Models using Machine Learning", 2021 IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI (ISVLSI), IEEE, (20210707), doi:10.1109/ISVLSI51109.2021.00019, pages 43 - 48, XP033963451 [A] 1-8 * Section III. See references [7] and [13].;; figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISVLSI51109.2021.00019
 [A]  - SHAHSHAHANI MASOUD ET AL, "An Automated Tool for Implementing Deep Neural Networks on FPGA", 2021 34TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VLSI DESIGN AND 2021 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (VLSID), IEEE, (20210220), doi:10.1109/VLSID51830.2021.00060, pages 322 - 327, XP033906396 [A] 1-8 * Section III. See reference [5].;; figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VLSID51830.2021.00060
 [A]  - ATEFEH SOHRABIZADEH ET AL, "AutoDSE: Enabling Software Programmers to Design Efficient FPGA Accelerators", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, (20210831), XP091022572 [A] 1-8 * Sections 2, 3.2, 4, 5, 7;; table 2 *
 [A]  - GUYUE HUANG ET AL, "Machine Learning for Electronic Design Automation: A Survey", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, (20210308), XP081902405 [A] 1-8 * Section 3 *
 [A]  - ALI NERMINE ET AL, "Deep Neural Networks Characterization Framework for Efficient Implementation on Embedded Systems", 2020 IEEE WORKSHOP ON SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS (SIPS), IEEE, doi:10.1109/SIPS50750.2020.9195227, ISSN 2374-7390, ISBN 978-1-7281-8099-1, (20201020), pages 1 - 6, (20200911), XP033852082 [A] 1-8 * figures 2,4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SiPS50750.2020.9195227
by applicant   - VENKATESAN, R.SHAO, Y. S.WANG, M.CLEMONS, J.DAI, S.FOJTIK, M.KHAILANY, B., "Magnet: A modular accelerator generator for neural networks", In 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conférence on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), (20191100), pages 1 - 8, XP033678199
    - NANE, R.SIMA, V. M.PILATO, C.CHOI, J.FORT, B.CANIS, A.BERTELS, K., "A survey and evaluation of FPGA high-level synthesis tools", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, (20150000), vol. 35, no. 10, doi:10.1109/TCAD.2015.2513673, pages 1591 - 1604, XP011622420

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2015.2513673
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