DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATION
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a log circuit to: identify an input associated with a logarithm operation, wherein the logarithm operation is to be performed by the log circuit using piecewise linear approximation; identify a first range that the input falls within, wherein the first range...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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07.02.2019
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Summary: | In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a log circuit to: identify an input associated with a logarithm operation, wherein the logarithm operation is to be performed by the log circuit using piecewise linear approximation; identify a first range that the input falls within, wherein the first range is identified from a plurality of ranges associated with a plurality of piecewise linear approximation (PLA) equations for the logarithm operation, and wherein the first range corresponds to a first equation of the plurality of PLA equations; compute a result of the first equation based on a plurality of operands associated with the first equation; and return an output associated with the logarithm operation, wherein the output is generated based at least in part on the result of the first equation. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: US201816023441 |