Hyperdimensional computing (HDC), utilizing a parallel computing paradigm and efficient learning algorithm, is well-suited for resource-constrained artificial intelligence (AI) applications, such as in edge devices. In-memory computing (IMC) systems based on memristive devices complement this by offering energy-efficient hardware solutions. To harness the advantages of both memristive IMC hardware and HDC algorithms, we propose a hardware-algorithm co-design approach for implementing HDC on a memristive System-on-Chip (SoC). On the hardware side, we utilize the inherent randomness of memristive crossbar arrays for encoding and employ analog IMC for classification. At the algorithm level, we develop hardware-aware encoding techniques that map data features into hyperdimensional vectors, optimizing the classification process within the memristive SoC. Experimental results in hardware demonstrate 90.71% accuracy in the language classification task, highlighting the potential of our approach for achieving energy-efficient AI deployments on edge devices.
@article{arxiv.2512.20808,
title = {Hardware-Algorithm Co-Design for Hyperdimensional Computing Based on Memristive System-on-Chip},
author = {Yi Huang and Alireza Jaberi Rad and Qiangfei Xia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.20808},
year = {2025}
}
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This work was previously presented at the NeurIPS 2024 Workshop on Machine Learning with New Compute Paradigms (MLNCP)