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+# Copyright (C) 2022 Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# Description:
+# Unit tests for scaling
+from ethosu.vela.scaling import quantise_scale
+from ethosu.vela.scaling import reduced_quantise_scale
+
+
+def test_scaling():
+    multiplier, shift = quantise_scale(1)
+    assert multiplier == 1073741824 and shift == 30
+    multiplier, shift = quantise_scale(0.5)
+    assert multiplier == 1073741824 and shift == 31
+    multiplier, shift = quantise_scale(0.001)
+    assert multiplier == 1099511628 and shift == 40
+    multiplier, shift = quantise_scale(0.008)
+    assert multiplier == 1099511628 and shift == 37
+    multiplier, shift = quantise_scale(0.00097652)
+    assert multiplier == 2147390190 and shift == 41
+    multiplier, shift = quantise_scale(0.0009765615959827986)
+    assert multiplier == 2147481660 and shift == 41
+
+
+def test_reduced_scaling():
+    multiplier, shift = reduced_quantise_scale(1)
+    assert multiplier == 16384 and shift == 14
+    multiplier, shift = reduced_quantise_scale(0.5)
+    assert multiplier == 16384 and shift == 15
+    multiplier, shift = reduced_quantise_scale(0.001)
+    assert multiplier == 16777 and shift == 24
+    multiplier, shift = reduced_quantise_scale(0.008)
+    assert multiplier == 16777 and shift == 21
+    multiplier, shift = reduced_quantise_scale(0.00097652)
+    assert multiplier == 32767 and shift == 25
+    # multiplier saturated
+    multiplier, shift = reduced_quantise_scale(0.0009765615959827986)
+    assert multiplier == 32767 and shift == 25