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20192024
most citedSWIM: Selective Write-Verify for Computing-in-Memory Neural Accelerators

26 citations · 95 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

cs.LG2024

NVCiM-PT: An NVCiM-assisted Prompt Tuning Framework for Edge LLMs

Ruiyang Qin, Pengyu Ren, Zheyu Yan +7

Large Language Models (LLMs) deployed on edge devices, known as edge LLMs, need to continuously fine-tune their model parameters from user-generated data under limited resource con…

cs.SD2024

Tiny-Align: Bridging Automatic Speech Recognition and Large Language Model on the Edge

Ruiyang Qin, Dancheng Liu, Gelei Xu +7

The combination of Large Language Models (LLM) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), when deployed on edge devices (called edge ASR-LLM), can serve as a powerful personalized ass…

cs.AR2024★ 1 cited

A 10.60 W 150 GOPS Mixed-Bit-Width Sparse CNN Accelerator for Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmia Detection

Yifan Qin, Zhenge Jia, Zheyu Yan +9

This paper proposes an ultra-low power, mixed-bit-width sparse convolutional neural network (CNN) accelerator to accelerate ventricular arrhythmia (VA) detection. The chip achieves…

eess.IV2024

Rethinking Medical Anomaly Detection in Brain MRI: An Image Quality Assessment Perspective

Zixuan Pan, Jun Xia, Zheyu Yan +7

Reconstruction-based methods, particularly those leveraging autoencoders, have been widely adopted for anomaly detection task in brain MRI. Unlike most existing works try to improv…

cs.AR2024

TSB: Tiny Shared Block for Efficient DNN Deployment on NVCIM Accelerators

Yifan Qin, Zheyu Yan, Zixuan Pan +3

Compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators using non-volatile memory (NVM) devices offer promising solutions for energy-efficient and low-latency Deep Neural Network (DNN) inference exec…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

Empirical Guidelines for Deploying LLMs onto Resource-constrained Edge Devices

Ruiyang Qin, Dancheng Liu, Chenhui Xu +9

The scaling laws have become the de facto guidelines for designing large language models (LLMs), but they were studied under the assumption of unlimited computing resources for bot…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Robust Implementation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation on Edge-based Computing-in-Memory Architectures

Ruiyang Qin, Zheyu Yan, Dewen Zeng +8

Large Language Models (LLMs) deployed on edge devices learn through fine-tuning and updating a certain portion of their parameters. Although such learning methods can be optimized…

cs.LG2024

FL-NAS: Towards Fairness of NAS for Resource Constrained Devices via Large Language Models

Ruiyang Qin, Yuting Hu, Zheyu Yan +3

Neural Architecture Search (NAS) has become the de fecto tools in the industry in automating the design of deep neural networks for various applications, especially those driven by…

cs.AR2023

U-SWIM: Universal Selective Write-Verify for Computing-in-Memory Neural Accelerators

Zheyu Yan, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Yiyu Shi

Architectures that incorporate Computing-in-Memory (CiM) using emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) devices have become strong contenders for deep neural network (DNN) acceleration d…

cs.LG2023

Compute-in-Memory based Neural Network Accelerators for Safety-Critical Systems: Worst-Case Scenarios and Protections

Zheyu Yan, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Yiyu Shi

Emerging non-volatile memory (NVM)-based Computing-in-Memory (CiM) architectures show substantial promise in accelerating deep neural networks (DNNs) due to their exceptional energ…

cs.LG2023★ 2 cited

Improving Realistic Worst-Case Performance of NVCiM DNN Accelerators through Training with Right-Censored Gaussian Noise

Zheyu Yan, Yifan Qin, Wujie Wen +2

Compute-in-Memory (CiM), built upon non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, is promising for accelerating deep neural networks (DNNs) owing to its in-situ data processing capability and…

cs.LG2023★ 4 cited

On the Viability of using LLMs for SW/HW Co-Design: An Example in Designing CiM DNN Accelerators

Zheyu Yan, Yifan Qin, Xiaobo Sharon Hu +1

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have demonstrated impressive performance across a wide range of tasks. However, deploying DNNs on edge devices poses significant challenges due to strin…

cs.LG2023★ 2 cited

NeFT: Negative Feedback Training to Improve Robustness of Compute-In-Memory DNN Accelerators

Yifan Qin, Zheyu Yan, Dailin Gan +5

Compute-in-memory accelerators built upon non-volatile memory devices excel in energy efficiency and latency when performing deep neural network (DNN) inference, thanks to their in…

cs.AR2022★ 18 cited

Computing-In-Memory Neural Network Accelerators for Safety-Critical Systems: Can Small Device Variations Be Disastrous?

Zheyu Yan, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Yiyu Shi

Computing-in-Memory (CiM) architectures based on emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) devices have demonstrated great potential for deep neural network (DNN) acceleration thanks to t…

cs.AR2022

On the Reliability of Computing-in-Memory Accelerators for Deep Neural Networks

Zheyu Yan, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Yiyu Shi

Computing-in-memory with emerging non-volatile memory (nvCiM) is shown to be a promising candidate for accelerating deep neural networks (DNNs) with high energy efficiency. However…

cs.AR2022★ 4 cited

A Semi-Decoupled Approach to Fast and Optimal Hardware-Software Co-Design of Neural Accelerators

Bingqian Lu, Zheyu Yan, Yiyu Shi +1

In view of the performance limitations of fully-decoupled designs for neural architectures and accelerators, hardware-software co-design has been emerging to fully reap the benefit…

cs.LG2022★ 26 cited

SWIM: Selective Write-Verify for Computing-in-Memory Neural Accelerators

Zheyu Yan, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Yiyu Shi

Computing-in-Memory architectures based on non-volatile emerging memories have demonstrated great potential for deep neural network (DNN) acceleration thanks to their high energy e…

cs.LG2021★ 1 cited

RADARS: Memory Efficient Reinforcement Learning Aided Differentiable Neural Architecture Search

Zheyu Yan, Weiwen Jiang, Xiaobo Sharon Hu +1

Differentiable neural architecture search (DNAS) is known for its capacity in the automatic generation of superior neural networks. However, DNAS based methods suffer from memory u…

cs.AR2021★ 16 cited

Uncertainty Modeling of Emerging Device-based Computing-in-Memory Neural Accelerators with Application to Neural Architecture Search

Zheyu Yan, Da-Cheng Juan, Xiaobo Sharon Hu +1

Emerging device-based Computing-in-memory (CiM) has been proved to be a promising candidate for high-energy efficiency deep neural network (DNN) computations. However, most emergin…

cs.LG2020★ 12 cited

Co-Exploration of Neural Architectures and Heterogeneous ASIC Accelerator Designs Targeting Multiple Tasks

Lei Yang, Zheyu Yan, Meng Li +6

Neural Architecture Search (NAS) has demonstrated its power on various AI accelerating platforms such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Graphic Processing Units (GPUs).…

cs.NE2019★ 3 cited

Device-Circuit-Architecture Co-Exploration for Computing-in-Memory Neural Accelerators

Weiwen Jiang, Qiuwen Lou, Zheyu Yan +4

Co-exploration of neural architectures and hardware design is promising to simultaneously optimize network accuracy and hardware efficiency. However, state-of-the-art neural archit…

cs.LG2019★ 2 cited

When Single Event Upset Meets Deep Neural Networks: Observations, Explorations, and Remedies

Zheyu Yan, Yiyu Shi, Wang Liao +3

Deep Neural Network has proved its potential in various perception tasks and hence become an appealing option for interpretation and data processing in security sensitive systems.…