US Patent 11960565 Add-mulitply-add convolution computation for a convolutional neural network

An inference device comprises a weight storage part that stores weights, an input data storage part that stores input data, and a PE (Processing Element) that executes convolution computation in convolutional neural network using the weights and input data. The PE adds up weight elements to be multiplied with elements of the input data for each of variable values of the elements of the input data. The PE multiplies each of the variable values of the elements of the input data with each cumulative sum value of weights corresponding to the variable values of the elements of the input data. The PE adds up a plurality of multiplication results obtained by the multiplications.