International Business Machines Corporation
Electronic system for computing items of an outer product matrix

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to an electronic system for computing items of an outer product matrix, for each item of at least part of the items of the matrix. The system is configured to receive a pair of real numbers of two vectors, the pair corresponding to the item. The system is further configured to compute a stochastic representation of the real numbers resulting in two sets of bits, the set of bits comprising a subset of bits representing the real number and a sign bit indicative of the sign of the real number. The system is further configured to perform a sequence of digital operations using the two sets of bits to provide a representation of the item.