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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
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.