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XpulpNN: Enabling Energy Efficient and Flexible Inference of Quantized Neural Network on RISC-V based IoT End Nodes
Angelo Garofalo, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Francesco Conti +2
This work introduces lightweight extensions to the RISC-V ISA to boost the efficiency of heavily Quantized Neural Network (QNN) inference on microcontroller-class cores. By extendi…
Graphene-based Wireless Agile Interconnects for Massive Heterogeneous Multi-chip Processors
Sergi Abadal, Robert Guirado, Hamidreza Taghvaee +18
The main design principles in computer architecture have recently shifted from a monolithic scaling-driven approach to the development of heterogeneous architectures that tightly c…
A Mixed-Precision RISC-V Processor for Extreme-Edge DNN Inference
Gianmarco Ottavi, Angelo Garofalo, Giuseppe Tagliavini +3
Low bit-width Quantized Neural Networks (QNNs) enable deployment of complex machine learning models on constrained devices such as microcontrollers (MCUs) by reducing their memory…
DORY: Automatic End-to-End Deployment of Real-World DNNs on Low-Cost IoT MCUs
Alessio Burrello, Angelo Garofalo, Nazareno Bruschi +3
The deployment of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on end-nodes at the extreme edge of the Internet-of-Things is a critical enabler to support pervasive Deep Learning-enhanced applicati…
Memory-Latency-Accuracy Trade-offs for Continual Learning on a RISC-V Extreme-Edge Node
Leonardo Ravaglia, Manuele Rusci, Alessandro Capotondi +5
AI-powered edge devices currently lack the ability to adapt their embedded inference models to the ever-changing environment. To tackle this issue, Continual Learning (CL) strategi…
Always-On 674uW @ 4GOP/s Error Resilient Binary Neural Networks with Aggressive SRAM Voltage Scaling on a 22nm IoT End-Node
Alfio Di Mauro, Francesco Conti, Pasquale Davide Schiavone +2
Binary Neural Networks (BNNs) have been shown to be robust to random bit-level noise, making aggressive voltage scaling attractive as a power-saving technique for both logic and SR…
Enabling Mixed-Precision Quantized Neural Networks in Extreme-Edge Devices
Nazareno Bruschi, Angelo Garofalo, Francesco Conti +2
The deployment of Quantized Neural Networks (QNN) on advanced microcontrollers requires optimized software to exploit digital signal processing (DSP) extensions of modern instructi…
Technical Report: NEMO DNN Quantization for Deployment Model
Francesco Conti
This technical report aims at defining a formal framework for Deep Neural Network (DNN) layer-wise quantization, focusing in particular on the problems related to the final deploym…