METHOD AND PROCESSING UNIT FOR GENERATING OUTPUT FEATURE MAP

A method performed by a processing unit for generating an output feature map, the processing unit comprising an input feature map storage device configured to store input feature map tiles. The input feature map storage device is read by the processing unit to generate an output feature map block. The method comprises the following steps: sequentially loading input feature map blocks into the input feature map storage device; generating a partial calculation for a first output feature tile using the first input feature tile stored in the input feature tile storage; and repeatedly using the first input feature tile stored in the input feature tile storage to generate a partial computation for a second output feature tile without reloading the first input feature tile into the input feature tile storage. 本发明公开了一种由处理单元执行以用于生成输出特征图的方法，该处理单元包括被配置为存储输入特征图块的输入特征图存储装置。该输入特征图存储装置由该处理单元读取以生成输出特征图块。该方法包括：将输入特征图块顺序地加载到该输入特征图存储装置中；使用存储在该输入特征图存储装置中的第一输入特征图块来生成针对第一输出特征图块的部分计算；以及在不将该第一输入特征图块重新加载到该输入特征图存储装置中的情况下，重复使用存储在该输入特征图