EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF SYSTOLIC ARRAYS IN COMPUTATIONAL PROCESSING

A system and method for performing computational processing by a systolic array. The systolic array including an array of processing elements (PEs) arranged in rows and columns; logic to perform a horizontal shift operation, wherein the horizontal shift operation is performed across the entire systolic array; and logic to mark columns of PEs as enabled or disabled, wherein the systolic array is horizontally divided into horizontal groups, and wherein when performing the horizontal shift operation, valid data that crosses from a first column of PEs of a first horizontal group to a second column of PEs of a second horizontal group is invalidated, wherein the first horizontal group is adjacent to the second horizontal group.