Computing chip, system and data processing method

Abstract

The invention discloses a computing chip, a system and a data processing method in the technical field of computers. An electric domain controller in the calculation chip can control an electro-optical modulator array to convert a laser signal emitted by a signal emitter into a target optical signal representing AI model input data, and then a programmable optical structure quickly calculates the target optical signal to obtain a corresponding optical calculation result. The photoelectric detector array is used for conducting photoelectric conversion on the optical calculation result, electric signal representation corresponding to the optical calculation result is obtained, and the electric signal representation is the model processing result of the AI model for the input data. The computing chip uses a programmable optical structure to accelerate the processing of the AI model, can improve the running speed of complex operation in the AI model, has the characteristics of low power consumption, high flux and low time delay, and improves the processing capacity of hardware for the complex operation. Correspondingly, the invention provides a computing system and a data processing method which also have the above technical effects.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to the field of computer technology, in particular to a computing chip, system and data processing method. Background technique [0002] At present, logic circuits such as FPGAs and GPUs can be used to accelerate the processing of specific operations such as convolution. However, electronic chips such as FPGAs and GPUs will be affected by Moore's Law, and their computing power cannot continue to grow. Therefore, their computing power is limited, and they are prone to crosstalk. High power consumption, high latency, thermal deposition and other issues. [0003] Therefore, how to further improve the processing capability of hardware for complex calculations is a problem to be solved by those skilled in the art. Contents of the invention [0004] In view of this, the purpose of the present application is to provide a computing chip, a system and a data processing method, which can use an optical structure to process comp...

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[0002] At present, logic circuits such as FPGAs and GPUs can be used to accelerate the processing of specific operations such as convolution. However, electronic chips such as FPGAs and GPUs will be affected by Moore's Law, and their computing power cannot continue to grow. Therefore, their computing power is limited, and they are prone to crosstalk. Problems such as high power consumption, high delay, thermal deposition, etc.

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