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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
HYDRA: Hybrid Data Multiplexing and Run-time Layer Configurable DNN Accelerator
Sonu Kumar, Komal Gupta, Gopal Raut +2
Deep neural networks (DNNs) offer plenty of challenges in executing efficient computation at edge nodes, primarily due to the huge hardware resource demands. The article proposes H…