ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,467, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Accelerated mathematical engine" was invented by Peter Joseph Bannon (Woodside, Calif.), Kevin Altair Hurd (Redwood City, Calif.) and Emil Talpes (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an accelerated mathematical engine. In certain embodiments, the accelerated mathematical engine is applied to image processing such that convolution of an image is accelerated by using a two-dimensional matrix processor comprising sub-circuits that include an ALU, output register and shadow register. This architecture supports...