Linear regression tries to fit a line, in the form of , to a given data set. In a simple form assume that a data set consists of . For example:  shows such a data set.

The following code calculates and for a given data set.

void lr(
DATA_TYPE *memory_0
, DATA_TYPE *memory_1
, u32 in_X
, u32 in_Y
, DATA_TYPE *a0
, DATA_TYPE *a1
, u32 n) {
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=return bundle=control_bus
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=in_X bundle=control_bus
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=in_Y bundle=control_bus
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=a0 bundle=control_bus
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=a1 bundle=control_bus
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=n bundle=control_bus
#pragma HLS INTERFACE m_axi port=memory_0
#pragma HLS INTERFACE m_axi port=memory_1

  DATA_TYPE SumX = 0;
  DATA_TYPE SumY = 0;
  DATA_TYPE SumXX = 0;
  DATA_TYPE SumXY = 0;

#pragma HLS DATAFLOW

  DATA_TYPE t, y;
  hls::stream<DATA_TYPE> input_X_fifo;
  hls::stream<DATA_TYPE> input_Y_fifo;

  //receive data
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
#pragma HLS PIPELINE
    input_X_fifo << *(memory_0 + in_X + i);
    input_Y_fifo << *(memory_1 + in_Y + i);
  }

  //computation
  for (int i = 0; i < n/(B); i++) {
#pragma HLS PIPELINE
    DATA_TYPE X[B];
    DATA_TYPE Y[B];
    for (int j = 0; j < B; j++) {
#pragma HLS UNROLL
      X[j] = input_X_fifo.read();
      Y[j] = input_Y_fifo.read();
    }
    DATA_TYPE SumX_tmp = 0;
    DATA_TYPE SumY_tmp = 0;
    DATA_TYPE SumXX_tmp = 0;
    DATA_TYPE SumXY_tmp = 0;
    int j = 0;
    for (j = 0; j < B; j++) {
#pragma HLS UNROLL
      SumX_tmp += X[j];
      SumY_tmp += Y[j];
      SumXX_tmp += X[j]*X[j];
      SumXY_tmp += X[j]*Y[j];
    }

    SumX += SumX_tmp;
    SumY += SumY_tmp;
    SumXX += SumXX_tmp;
    SumXY += SumXY_tmp;

  }

  //write back data
  *a0 = (SumY*SumXX - SumX*SumXY)/(n*SumXX-SumX*SumX);
  *a1 = (n*SumXY-SumX*SumY)/(n*SumXX-SumX*SumX);
}