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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Apical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Alexey Lopich, Cambridge, GB;
Viacheslav Chesnokov, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Apical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/57 (2006.01); G06F 7/544 (2006.01); G06F 7/556 (2006.01); G06F 7/523 (2006.01); G06F 7/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/57 (2013.01); G06F 7/4833 (2013.01); G06F 7/5235 (2013.01); G06F 7/5443 (2013.01); G06F 7/556 (2013.01);
Abstract
An arithmetic logic unit, comprising an addition unit for determining a sum of a first input and a second input; and a logarithmic addition unit for determining an output using the sum and a third input. The output is a multiply-accumulate output represented in a logarithmic domain when the first, second and third inputs are represented in the logarithmic domain.