2-layer MLP

3-layer MLP

w/ sigmoid in software

90.2%

95.5%

w/ middle D-ReLU in software

90.0%

92.9%

w/ mean D-ReLU in software

90.0%

95.8%

w/ sigmoid in hardware (on an FPGA)

90.3%

95.6%

w/ middle D-ReLU in hardware (on an FPGA)

89.6%

92.7%

w/ mean D-ReLU in hardware (on an FPGA)

89.6%

96.0%