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(11) EP 3 955 106 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
19.03.2025 Bulletin 2025/12

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
14.02.2024 Bulletin 2024/07

(21) Application number: 21200598.7

(22) Date of filing: 02.11.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 7/544(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G06F 7/5443; G06N 3/063; G06N 3/045

(54)

HARDWARE UNIT FOR PERFORMING MATRIX MULTIPLICATION WITH CLOCK GATING

HARDWARE-EINHEIT ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON MATRIXMULTIPLIKATION MIT CLOCK-GATING

UNITÉ MATÉRIELLE POUR EFFECTUER UNE MULTIPLICATION MATRICIELLE AVEC LE DÉCLENCHEMENT D'HORLOGE

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 03.11.2017 GB 201718296

(43) Date of publication of application:
16.02.2022 Bulletin 2022/07

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
20197062.1 / 3770749
18204166.5 / 3480691

(73) Proprietor: Imagination Technologies Limited
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8LZ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • MARTIN, Chris
    Bedfordshire, LU7 2PF (GB)
  • PULIMENO, Azzurra
    Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0FQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Slingsby Partners LLP 
1 Kingsway
London WC2B 6AN
London WC2B 6AN (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
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  • PREISS J ET AL: "Advanced Clockgating Schemes for Fused-Multiply-Add-Type Floating-Point Units", COMPUTER ARITHMETIC, 2009. ARITH 2009. 19TH IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 8 June 2009 (2009-06-08), pages 48 - 56, XP031519705, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3670-5
   
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