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Achieving PetaOps/W Edge-AI Processing
Manil Dev Gomony (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Bas Ahn (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Rick Luiken (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Yashvardhan Biyani (TU Delft - Computer Engineering)
A.B. Gebregiorgis (TU Delft - Computer Engineering)
Axel Laborieux (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
Friedemann Zenke (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
S. Hamdioui (TU Delft - Computer Engineering)
Henk Corporaal (Eindhoven University of Technology)
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Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported by Deep Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) is booming and already used in many applications, with impressive results, and we are still its infancy. For many sensing applications it would be advantageous if we could move AI from cloud to Edge. However this requires huge improvements in energy-efficiency. The CONVOLVE project (convolve.eu) aims at enabling smart edge devices through a concerted effort at all layers of the design stack. This ranges from using much more efficient models and mappings, like exploiting Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), to new processing architectures, like compute-in-memory (CIM), use of approximation, and using new device technology, like memristors. However these latter changes make HW more susceptible to noise and other disturbances. Online continuous learning (i.e. adapting weights) may alleviate these problems. This paper shows several CONVOLVE developments in the crucial areas of CIM architectures, SNN accelerators and online learning.
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