diff --git a/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling.cpp b/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling.cpp
index 840803a..416d2d2 100644
--- a/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling.cpp
+++ b/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include<stdio.h>
 #include<vector>
+#include <stdlib.h> 
+#include<time.h> 
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-	int stride;
-	cout<<"enter the stride";
-	cin>>stride;
+int stride=2;
 	cout<<endl;
   int r, c;
   cout<<"enter the input rows and columns";
   cin >> r ;
+cout<<"\n";
   cin>>c;
   cout<<endl;
-  std::vector< std::vector<int> > image;
-  image.resize(r); 
-  for(int i = 0; i < r; i++)
-    image[i].resize(c); 
+  srand(time(0));
+	int image[r][c]; 
   for (int i = 0; i < r; i++) {
     for (int j = 0; j < c; j++) {
-      cin >> image[i][j];
+      image[i][j] = rand()%100;
+    }
+
+  }
+  
+    for (int i = 0; i < r; i++) {
+    	cout<<"\n";
+    for (int j = 0; j < c; j++) {
+      cout<<image[i][j]<<" ";
     }
 
   }
@@ -27,60 +34,60 @@ int main() {
 cout<< endl;
 int r1=0;
 int c1=0;
-int out[1][1];
+int out[r/2][c/2];
 for (int i=0;i<=(r-2);i=i+stride)
 {
 	for(int j=0;j<=(c-2);j=j+stride)
 	{
-		if((image[i][j]>image[i+1][j])&&(image[i][j]>image[i][j+1])&&(image[i][j]>image[i+1][j+1]))
+		if((image[i][j]>=image[i+1][j])&&(image[i][j]>=image[i][j+1])&&(image[i][j]>=image[i+1][j+1]))
         {
         	out[r1][c1]=image[i][j];
         	c1++;
-        		if (c1==(c/2) && r1<((r/2)-1))
+        		if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
         		{
         			c1=0;
         			r1++;
 				}
         
-        
+        continue;
 		}
-else if ((image[i+1][j]>image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j]>image[i][j+1])&&(image[i+1][j]>image[i+1][j+1]))
+else if ((image[i+1][j]>=image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j]>=image[i][j+1])&&(image[i+1][j]>=image[i+1][j+1]))
  {
  	out[r1][c1]=image[i+1][j];
         	c1++;
-        		if (c1==(c/2) && r1<((r/2)-1))
+        		if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
         		{
         			c1=0;
         			r1++;
 				}
         
-        	
+        	continue;
 		}
 
-else if((image[i][j+1]>image[i+1][j])&&(image[i][j+1]>image[i][j])&&(image[i][j+1]>image[i+1][j+1])) 
+else if((image[i][j+1]>=image[i+1][j])&&(image[i][j+1]>=image[i][j])&&(image[i][j+1]>=image[i+1][j+1])) 
  {
  		out[r1][c1]=image[i][j+1];
         	c1++;
-        			if (c1==(c/2) && r1<((r/2)-1))
+        		if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
         		{
         			c1=0;
         			r1++;
 				}
         
-        
+        continue;
 		}
 
-else if((image[i+1][j+1]>image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>image[i][j+1])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>image[i+1][j])) 
+else if((image[i+1][j+1]>=image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>=image[i][j+1])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>=image[i+1][j])) 
  {
  		out[r1][c1]=image[i+1][j+1];
         	c1++;
-        			if (c1==(c/2) && r1<((r/2)-1))
+        			if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
         		{
         			c1=0;
         			r1++;
 				}
         
-        
+        continue;
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -88,10 +95,11 @@ else if((image[i+1][j+1]>image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>image[i][j+1])&&(image[i
 c1--;
 for(int i=0;i<=r1;i++)
 {
+	cout<<"\n";
 	for(int j=0;j<=c1;j++)
 	{
-		cout<<out[i][j];
-		cout<<endl;
+		cout<<out[i][j]<<" ";
+		
 	}
 }
 return 0;
diff --git a/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling_v3.cpp b/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling_v3.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3f7eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Hardware/HLS/max_pooling_v3.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<vector>
+#include <stdlib.h> 
+#include<time.h> 
+using namespace std;
+void Max_Pooling(int **image,int r,int c ,int stride)
+{
+int r1=0; // rows of output matrix
+int c1=0; // columns of output matrix
+int out[r/2][c/2];
+// using 2x2 sub-window to compute the output
+for (int i=0;i<=(r-2);i=i+stride)
+{
+	for(int j=0;j<=(c-2);j=j+stride)
+	{
+		if((image[i][j]>=image[i+1][j])&&(image[i][j]>=image[i][j+1])&&(image[i][j]>=image[i+1][j+1]))
+        {
+        	out[r1][c1]=image[i][j];
+        	c1++;
+        		if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
+        		{
+        			c1=0;
+        			r1++;
+				}
+        
+        continue;
+		}
+else if ((image[i+1][j]>=image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j]>=image[i][j+1])&&(image[i+1][j]>=image[i+1][j+1]))
+ {
+ 	out[r1][c1]=image[i+1][j];
+        	c1++;
+        		if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
+        		{
+        			c1=0;
+        			r1++;
+				}
+        
+        	continue;
+		}
+
+else if((image[i][j+1]>=image[i+1][j])&&(image[i][j+1]>=image[i][j])&&(image[i][j+1]>=image[i+1][j+1])) 
+ {
+ 		out[r1][c1]=image[i][j+1];
+        	c1++;
+        		if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
+        		{
+        			c1=0;
+        			r1++;
+				}
+        
+        continue;
+		}
+
+else if((image[i+1][j+1]>=image[i][j])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>=image[i][j+1])&&(image[i+1][j+1]>=image[i+1][j])) 
+ {
+ 		out[r1][c1]=image[i+1][j+1];
+        	c1++;
+        			if ((c1==(c/2)) && (r1<((r/2)-1)))
+        		{
+        			c1=0;
+        			r1++;
+				}
+        
+        continue;
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+c1--;
+for(int i=0;i<=r1;i++)// print the output
+{
+	cout<<"\n";
+	for(int j=0;j<=c1;j++)
+	{
+		cout<<out[i][j]<<" ";
+		
+	}
+}
+}
+int main() {
+int stride=2;
+//read the input rows and columns
+int r;
+int c;
+cout<<endl;
+cout<<"enter the input rows and columns";
+cin >> r ;
+cout<<"\n";
+cin>>c;
+cout<<endl;
+//passing the 2D Array to the function
+int **image =new int*[r];
+
+	//pointer initialization
+	for(int i=0;i<r;i++)
+	{
+		image[i]=new int[c];
+	}
+
+	//input array elements
+	for(int i=0;i<r;i++)
+	{
+		for(int j=0;j<c;j++)
+		{
+			cin>>image[i][j];
+		}
+	}
+  
+    for (int i = 0; i < r; i++) {
+    	cout<<"\n";
+    for (int j = 0; j < c; j++) {
+      cout<<image[i][j]<<" ";
+    }
+
+  }
+  cout<<endl;
+  //call the function with the required parameters
+  Max_Pooling(image,r,c,stride);
+return 0;
+}