US Patent 11531727 Computation of neural network node with large input values

Some embodiments provide a method for a circuit that executes a neural network including multiple nodes. The method loads a set of weight values for a node into a set of weight value buffers, a first set of bits of each input value of a set of input values for the node into a first set of input value buffers, and a second set of bits of each of the input values into a second set of input value buffers. The method computes a first dot product of the weight values and the first set of bits of each input value and a second dot product of the weight values and the second set of bits of each input value. The method shifts the second dot product by a particular number of bits and adds the first dot product with the bit-shifted second dot product to compute a dot product for the node.