CUTIE: Beyond PetaOp/s/W ternary DNN inference acceleration with better-than-binary energy efficiency

M Scherer, G Rutishauser, L Cavigelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a 3.1 POp/s/W fully digital hardware accelerator for ternary neural networks
(TNNs). CUTIE, the completely unrolled ternary inference engine, focuses on minimizing …

xTern: Energy-Efficient Ternary Neural Network Inference on RISC-V-Based Edge Systems

G Rutishauser, J Mihali, M Scherer… - 2024 IEEE 35th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ternary neural networks (TNNs) offer a superior accuracy-energy tradeoff compared to
binary neural networks. However, until now, they have required specialized accelerators to …

Circuits and Systems for Embodied AI: Exploring uJ Multi-Modal Perception for Nano-UAVs on the Kraken Shield

V Potocnik, A Di Mauro, L Lamberti… - 2024 IEEE European …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Embodied AI requires pushing complex multi-modal models to the extreme edge for time-
constrained tasks such as autonomous navigation of robots and vehicles. On small form …

[PDF][PDF] Hardware-Software Co-Design for Energy-Efficient Neural Network Inference at the Extreme Edge

M Scherer - 2024 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Since the breakthrough success of AlexNet in the ILSVRC image recognition challenge in
2012, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), and in particular Convolutional Neural Networks …

Kraken: An Open-Source RISC-V SoC for Ultra-Low Power Multi-Modal Perception

V Potocnik, A Di Mauro, C Leitner, M Scherer… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
We introduce Kraken, a highly flexible heterogeneous system-on-chip (SoC) fabricated in 22
FDX technology demonstrating leading-edge energy efficiency and computational …

Design of efficient ternary operators for scrambling in CNTFET technology

L Kumre, T Sharma - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2020 - Springer
Digital computation using ternary logic allows compact and energy-efficient digital design
due to the reduction in circuit interconnects and chip area. CNFET unique characteristic of …

Agile and Efficient Inference of Quantized Neural Networks

G Rutishauser - 2024 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Zeitgleich mit der rasanten Ausbreitung des Internet of Things (IoT) hat die Entwicklung von
Deep-Learning-Algorithm eine Revolution im Feld des maschinellen Lernens ausgelöst. Die …

[PDF][PDF] A study of CNTFET implementations for ternary logic and data radix conversion

HN Risto - 2020 - openarchive.usn.no
Ternary logic theory and CNTFETs The basic theory of ternary logic and CNTFETs are
explored and explained, to set a theoretical context and build a base for the rest of the …

Low-and Mixed-Precision Inference Accelerators

M J. Molendijk, F AM de Putter, H Corporaal - … Machine Learning for Cyber …, 2023 - Springer
With the surging popularity of edge computing, the need to efficiently perform neural network
inference on battery-constrained IoT devices has greatly increased. While algorithmic …

[PDF][PDF] Ternary Neural Networks

V Vivek - pure.tue.nl
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved great successes in various domains
of artificial intelligence, but they require large amounts of memory and computational power …