IP Library Granted Patent US 12670367
Granted Patent B2
US 12670367 · App. 18/112,125 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Apparatus and method with neural network operation

Inventors: Jungwook Choi (Seoul, KR); Seongmin Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
G06N3/048G06N3/08G06N3/045G06N3/084G06N3/096
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Patent No.
US 12670367
App. No.
18/112,125
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method with neural network operation are provided. A computing apparatus includes one or more processors, storage hardware storing instructions configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: extract calibration data from training data that is for training a main neural network, based on the calibration data, generate a look up table (LUT) for performing a non-linear function of the main neural network through an auxiliary network corresponding to a layer of the main neural network, and update a parameter of the LUT based on an output of the non-linear function and based on an output of the auxiliary network.

Claims (29)

1 . A computing apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

storage hardware storing instructions configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

extract calibration data from training data that is for training a main neural network;

based on the calibration data, generate a look up table (LUT) for performing a non-linear function of the main neural network through an auxiliary network corresponding to a layer of the main neural network, wherein the LUT comprises a first LUT generated based on a first auxiliary network corresponding to a first layer of the main neural network, and wherein the LUT further comprises a second LUT generated based on a second auxillary network corresponding to a second layer of the main neural network; and

update a parameter of the LUT based on an output of the non-linear function and based on an output of the auxiliary network.

2 . The computing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the calibration data is extracted at a predetermined ratio from the training data.

3 . The computing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

a first output of the non-linear function corresponding to a first layer of the main neural network is generated based on the calibration data; and

forward propagation is performed by inputting the first output of the non-linear function to a second layer of the main neural network.

4 . The computing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the LUT is generated by determining a scale or a bias of the LUT for approximating the non-linear function.

5 . The computing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a parameter of the auxiliary network is tuned by performing back propagation based on the output of the auxiliary network and the output of the non-linear function.

6 . The computing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the parameter is tuned based on a mean absolute error between the output of the auxiliary network and the output of the non-linear function.

7 . The computing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first layer and the second layer are trained together based on the output of the non-linear function, wherein the non-linear function is an activation function of the first layer and the second layer.

8 . The computing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-linear function comprises a Gaussian error linear unit (GELU) function, a softmax function, a sigmoid function, or a layer normalization function.

9 . A neural network operating method performed by a computing a computing device comprising processing hardware and storage hardware, the method comprising:

extracting calibration data from training data that is for training a main neural network;

generating a look up table (LUT) for approximating a non-linear function of the main neural network, wherein the LUT is generated through an auxiliary network corresponding to a layer of the main neural network based on the calibration data, wherein the LUT comprises a first LUT generated based on a first auxiliary network corresponding to a first layer of the main neural network, and wherein the LUT further comprises a second LUT generated based on a second auxiliary network corresponding to a second layer of the main neural network; and

updating a parameter of the LUT based on an output of the non-linear function and based on an output of the auxiliary network.

10 . The neural network operating method of claim 9 , wherein the LUT is used as an activation function of the main neural network.

11 . The neural network operating method of claim 9 , wherein the updating of the parameter comprises:

generating a first output of the non-linear function corresponding to a first layer of the main neural network, based on the calibration data; and

performing a forward propagation by inputting the first output of the non-linear function to a second layer of the main neural network.

12 . The neural network operating method of claim 9 , wherein the LUT is generated by determining a scale or a bias of the LUT for approximating the non-linear function.

13 . The neural network operating method of claim 9 , wherein the updating of the parameter comprises tuning a parameter of the auxiliary network by performing back propagation based on the output of the auxiliary network and the output of the non-linear function.

14 . The neural network operating method of claim 13 , wherein the parameter is tuned based on a mean absolute error between the output of the auxiliary network and the output of the non-linear function.

15 . The neural network operating method of claim 9 , wherein the updating of the parameter comprises training the first layer and the second layer at the same time based on the output of the non-linear function.

16 . The neural network operating method of claim 9 , wherein the non-linear function comprises a Gaussian error linear unit (GELU) function, a softmax function, a sigmoid function, or a layer normalization function.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 9 .