A Hardware-Friendly Alternative to Softmax Function and Its Efficient VLSI Implementation for Deep Learning Applications

Keyphrases

• Hardware Efficiency 100%
• VLSI Implementation 100%
• Softmax 100%
• Deep Learning Applications 100%
• Exponential Operation 75%
• Architectural Design 50%
• Popular 25%
• Machine Learning Algorithms 25%
• Model Accuracy 25%
• Power Efficiency 25%
• Area-efficient 25%
• 16-bit 25%
• Hardware Architecture 25%
• Superior Accuracy 25%
• Efficient Hardware Architecture 25%
• Computationally Intensive 25%
• Logarithm Operation 25%
• Comparable Accuracy 25%
• Q-type 25%
• Function Definition 25%
• Complex Exponential 25%
• Low-cost Hardware Implementation 25%

Computer Science

• Deep Learning Method 100%
• Computer Hardware 100%
• Softmax Function 100%
• Table Lookup 40%
• Architecture Design 40%
• Hardware Architecture 40%
• Experimental Result 20%
• Input/Output 20%
• Hardware Implementation 20%
• Machine Learning Algorithm 20%
• Fixed Points 20%
• Functional Unit 20%
• Power Efficiency 20%
• Model Accuracy 20%
• Function Definition 20%
• Free Implementation 20%
• Complex Exponential 20%

Engineering

• Lookup Table 100%
• Deep Learning Method 100%
• Experimental Result 50%
• Realization 50%
• Fixed Points 50%
• Functional Unit 50%
• Machine Learning Algorithm 50%
• Function Definition 50%
• Complex Exponential 50%
• Free Implementation 50%