Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hardware implementation of mathematical functions
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Application No.: US16219604Application Date: 2018-12-13
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Publication No.: US10740432B1Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Ron Diamant , Randy Renfu Huang , Mohammad El-Shabani , Sundeep Amirineni , Kenneth Wayne Patton , Willis Wang
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F16/84
- IPC: G06F16/84 ; G06F17/14 ; G06F7/544 ; G06F7/50 ; G06F7/52

Abstract:
Methods and systems for performing hardware computations of mathematical functions are provided. In one example, a system comprises a mapping table that maps each base value of a plurality of base values to parameters related to a mathematical function; a selection module configured to select, based on an input value, a first base value and first parameters mapped to the first base value in the mapping table; and arithmetic circuits configured to: receive, from the mapping table, the first base value and the first plurality of parameters; and compute, based on a relationship between the input value and the first base value, and based on the first parameters, an estimated output value of the mathematical function for the input value.
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