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In recent years, deep neural networks (DNNs), have yielded strong results on a wide range of applications. Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have been one key enabling factor leading to the current popularity of DNNs. However, despite…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-22 Matthew W. Moskewicz , Ali Jannesari , Kurt Keutzer

In this chapter, we aim to explore an in-depth exploration of the specialized hardware accelerators designed to enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, focusing on their necessity, development, and impact on the field of AI. It…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-19 S M Mojahidul Ahsan , Anurag Dhungel , Mrittika Chowdhury , Md Sakib Hasan , Tamzidul Hoque

As the use of AI-powered applications widens across multiple domains, so do increase the computational demands. Primary driver of AI technology are the deep neural networks (DNNs). When focusing either on cloud-based systems that serve…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-20 Stylianos I. Venieris , Christos-Savvas Bouganis , Nicholas D. Lane

The discoveries in this paper show that Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) offer a viable accelerator alternative to GPUs for machine learning (ML) applications within the fields of materials science and battery research. We investigate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Hieu Le , Zhenhua He , Mai Le , Dhruva K. Chakravorty , Lisa M. Perez , Akhil Chilumuru , Yan Yao , Jiefu Chen

The advancement of Deep Learning (DL) is driven by efficient Deep Neural Network (DNN) design and new hardware accelerators. Current DNN design is primarily tailored for general-purpose use and deployment on commercially viable platforms.…

This report focuses on the architecture and performance of the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a novel, massively parallel platform recently introduced by Graphcore and aimed at Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Zhe Jia , Blake Tillman , Marco Maggioni , Daniele Paolo Scarpazza

This paper presents a unified framework for codifying and automating optimization strategies to efficiently deploy deep neural networks (DNNs) on resource-constrained hardware, such as FPGAs, while maintaining high performance, accuracy,…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Zhiqiang Que , Jose G. F. Coutinho , Ce Guo , Hongxiang Fan , Wayne Luk

Long-sequence state-space models (SSMs) such as Hyena and Mamba replace the quadratic complexity of self-attention with more efficient FFT and scan operations. However, modern accelerators like GPUs are poorly suited to these non-GEMM…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Sho Ko , Kunle Olukotun

Commercial autonomous machines is a thriving sector, one that is likely the next ubiquitous computing platform, after Personal Computers (PC), cloud computing, and mobile computing. Nevertheless, a suitable computing substrate for…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-24 Shaoshan Liu , Yuhao Zhu , Bo Yu , Jean-Luc Gaudiot , Guang R. Gao

Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) have brought potentially game-changing opportunities in accelerating reactive flow simulations. In this study, we introduce an open-source computational…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Runze Mao , Yingrui Wang , Min Zhang , Han Li , Jiayang Xu , Xinyu Dong , Yan Zhang , Zhi X. Chen

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies disrupt a wide range of industries, cloud datacenters face ever-increasing demand in inference workloads. However, conventional CPU-based servers cannot handle excessive…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Jung-Hoon Kim , Sungyeob Yoo , Seungjae Moon , Joo-Young Kim

Currently, Machine Learning (ML) is becoming ubiquitous in everyday life. Deep Learning (DL) is already present in many applications ranging from computer vision for medicine to autonomous driving of modern cars as well as other sectors in…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Maurizio Capra , Beatrice Bussolino , Alberto Marchisio , Guido Masera , Maurizio Martina , Muhammad Shafique

Recent trends in deep learning (DL) have made hardware accelerators essential for various high-performance computing (HPC) applications, including image classification, computer vision, and speech recognition. This survey summarizes and…

Relational data present in real world graph representations demands for tools capable to study it accurately. In this regard Graph Neural Network (GNN) is a powerful tool, wherein various models for it have also been developed over the past…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Robert Guirado , Akshay Jain , Sergi Abadal , Eduard Alarcón

Transformers are central to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), excelling in fields ranging from computer vision to natural language processing. Despite their success, their large parameter count and computational demands challenge…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Qunyou Liu , Marina Zapater , David Atienza

Over the past few years machine learning has seen a renewed explosion of interest, following a number of studies showing the effectiveness of neural networks in a range of tasks which had previously been considered incredibly hard. Neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Rod Burns , John Lawson , Duncan McBain , Daniel Soutar

Digital Compute-in-Memory (CIM) architectures have shown great promise in Deep Neural Network (DNN) acceleration by effectively addressing the "memory wall" bottleneck. However, the development and optimization of digital CIM accelerators…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-05 Yingjie Qi , Jianlei Yang , Yiou Wang , Yikun Wang , Dayu Wang , Ling Tang , Cenlin Duan , Xiaolin He , Weisheng Zhao

Recent advancements in neural rendering technologies and their supporting devices have paved the way for immersive 3D experiences, significantly transforming human interaction with intelligent devices across diverse applications. However,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Chaojian Li , Sixu Li , Linrui Jiang , Jingqun Zhang , Yingyan Celine Lin

The emergence of new, off-path smart network cards (SmartNICs), known generally as Data Processing Units (DPU), has opened a wide range of research opportunities. Of particular interest is the use of these and related devices in tandem with…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Nathan Tibbetts , Sifat Ibtisum , Satish Puri

As deep neural networks develop significantly more diverse and complex, achieving high performance and efficiency on complicated DNN models faces pressing challenges. Modern DNN workloads are increasingly diverse in operation types, tensor…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Xingzhen Chen , Zhuoping Yang , Jinming Zhuang , Shixin Ji , Sarah Schultz , Zheng Dong , Weisong Shi , Peipei Zhou