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8 papers

cs.AR2026

SPARX: Secure and Privacy-Aware Approximate CNN Acceleration with Edge RISC-V SoC

Sonu Kumar, Akash Sankhe, Mukul Lokhande +1

Edge-AI systems increasingly require real-time CNN inference under strict energy, performance, security, and privacy constraints. Approximate computing improves hardware efficiency…

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CARMEN: CORDIC-Accelerated Resource-Efficient Multi-Precision Inference Engine for Deep Learning

Sonu Kumar, Mukul Lokhande, Santosh Kumar Vishvakarma +1

This paper presents CARMEN, a runtime-adaptive, CORDIC-accelerated multi-precision vector engine for resource-efficient deep learning inference. The key insight is that CORDIC iter…

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L-SPINE: A Low-Precision SIMD Spiking Neural Compute Engine for Resource-efficient Edge Inference

Sonu Kumar, Mukul Lokhande, Santosh Kumar Vishvakarma

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer a promising solution for energy-efficient edge intelligence; however, their hardware deployment is constrained by memory overhead, inefficient…

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CORVET: A CORDIC-Powered, Resource-Frugal Mixed-Precision Vector Processing Engine for High-Throughput AIoT applications

Sonu Kumar, Mohd Faisal Khan, Mukul Lokhande +1

This brief presents a runtime-adaptive, performance-enhanced vector engine featuring a low-resource, iterative CORDIC-based MAC unit for edge AI acceleration. The proposed design e…

cs.NE2026

ReLANCE: A Resource-Efficient Low-Latency Cortical Neural Acceleration Engine

Sonu Kumar, Arjun S. Nair, Bhawna Chaudhary +2

We present a Cortical Neural Pool (CNP) architecture featuring a high-speed, resource-efficient CORDIC based Hodgkin-Huxley (RCHH) neuron model. Unlike shared CORDIC-based DNN appr…

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SPADE: A SIMD Posit-enabled compute engine for Accelerating DNN Efficiency

Sonu Kumar, Lavanya Vinnakota, Mukul Lokhande +2

The growing demand for edge-AI systems requires arithmetic units that balance numerical precision, energy efficiency, and compact hardware while supporting diverse formats. Posit a…