Intel corporation (20250124266). DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATION

DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATION

Organization Name

intel corporation

Inventor(s)

Kamlesh Pillai of Bangalore IN

Gurpreet S. Kalsi of Bangalore IN

Amit Mishra of Bangalore IN

DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250124266 titled 'DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATION

Original Abstract Submitted

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.