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Recently ConvNets or convolutional neural networks (CNN) have come up as state-of-the-art classification and detection algorithms, achieving near-human performance in visual detection. However, ConvNet algorithms are typically very…

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The recent exponential growth of Large Language Models (LLMs) has relied on GPU-based systems. However, CPUs are emerging as a flexible and lower-cost alternative, especially when targeting inference and reasoning workloads. RISC-V is…

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For time-critical IoT applications using deep learning, inference acceleration through distributed computing is a promising approach to meet a stringent deadline. In this paper, we implement a working prototype of a new distributed…

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