Meta Platforms, Inc.
OPTIMIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS USING HARDWARE CALCULATION EFFICIENCY AND ADJUSTMENT FACTORS

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for an operation to be performed; determining that the operation is associated with a machine-learning algorithm, and in response, route the operation to a computing circuit; performing, at the computing circuit, the operation, including: determining a linear domain product of a first log-domain number and a second log-domain number associated with the operation based on a summation of the first log-domain number and the second log-domain number and output a third log-domain number approximating the linear domain product of the first log-domain number and the second log-domain number; converting the third log-domain number to a first linear-domain number; summing the first linear-domain number and a second linear-domain number associated with the operation, and output a third linear-domain number as the summed result.