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The growing demand for intelligent applications beyond the network edge, coupled with the need for sustainable operation, are driving the seamless integration of deep learning (DL) algorithms into energy-limited, and even energy-harvesting…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Marcello Bullo , Seifallah Jardak , Pietro Carnelli , Deniz Gündüz

Recently, large language models (LLMs) have achieved huge success in the natural language processing (NLP) field, driving a growing demand to extend their deployment from the cloud to edge devices. However, deploying LLMs on…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Yanbiao Liang , Huihong Shi , Haikuo Shao , Zhongfeng Wang

The increasing deployment of large language models (LLMs) in natural language processing (NLP) tasks raises concerns about energy efficiency and sustainability. While prior research has largely focused on energy consumption during model…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Johannes Zschache , Tilman Hartwig

This paper analyzes the design and competitiveness of four neural network (NN) architectures recently proposed as decoders for forward error correction (FEC) codes. We first consider the so-called single-label neural network (SLNN) and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-28 Yuncheng Yuan , Péter Scheepers , Lydia Tasiou , Yunus Can Gültekin , Federico Corradi , Alex Alvarado

The rapid deployment of machine learning across platforms from milliwatt-class TinyML devices to large language models has made energy efficiency a primary constraint for sustainable AI. Across these scales, performance and energy are…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Mohammad Saleh Vahdatpour , Yanqing Zhang

Early-Exit Large Language Models (EE-LLMs) enable high throughput inference by allowing tokens to exit early at intermediate layers. However, their throughput is limited by the computational and memory savings. Existing EE-LLM frameworks…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Avinash Kumar , Shashank Nag , Jason Clemons , Lizy John , Poulami Das

The sustainability of Machine Learning-Enabled Systems (MLS), particularly with regard to energy efficiency, is an important challenge in their development and deployment. Self-adaptation techniques, recognized for their potential in energy…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-18 Meghana Tedla , Shubham Kulkarni , Karthik Vaidhyanathan

Embedding Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) into edge devices for inference is a very challenging task because such lightweight hardware is not born to handle this heavyweight software, which is the common overhead from the modern…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Ching-Chen Wang , Ching-Te Chiu , Jheng-Yi Chang

Deploying large language models (LLMs) on mobile devices is an emerging trend to enable data privacy and offline accessibility of LLM applications. Modern mobile neural processing units (NPUs) make such deployment increasingly feasible.…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Yongsheng Yan , Jiacheng Shen , Xuchuan Luo , Yangfan Zhou

Merging Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), which is an emerging paradigm to meet the increasing computation demands from mobile devices, with the dense deployment of Base Stations (BSs), is foreseen as a key step towards the next generation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-26 Lixing Chen , Sheng Zhou , Jie Xu

Deep neural network (DNN) has driven extensive applications in mobile technology. However, for long-running mobile apps like voice assistants or video applications on smartphones, energy efficiency is critical for battery-powered devices.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Zheng Lin , Bin Guo , Sicong Liu , Wentao Zhou , Yasan Ding , Yu Zhang , Zhiwen Yu

Being more powerful and intrusive into user-device interactions, LLMs are eager for on-device execution to better preserve user privacy. In this work, we propose a new paradigm of mobile AI: LLM as a system service on mobile devices…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Wangsong Yin , Mengwei Xu , Yuanchun Li , Xuanzhe Liu

Large language models (LLMs) with chain-of-thought reasoning achieve state-of-the-art performance across complex problem-solving tasks, but their verbose reasoning traces and large context requirements make them impractical for edge…

The growing demand for deploying Small Language Models (SLMs) on edge devices, including laptops, smartphones, and embedded platforms, has exposed fundamental inefficiencies in existing accelerators. While GPUs handle prefill workloads…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Jinane Bazzi , Mariam Rakka , Fadi Kurdahi , Mohammed E. Fouda , Ahmed Eltawil

Edge computing processes data where it is generated, enabling faster decisions, lower bandwidth usage, and improved privacy. However, edge devices typically operate under strict constraints on processing power, memory, and energy…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Pablo Prieto , Pablo Abad

Deploying deep learning models on mobile devices draws more and more attention recently. However, designing an efficient inference engine on devices is under the great challenges of model compatibility, device diversity, and resource…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Xiaotang Jiang , Huan Wang , Yiliu Chen , Ziqi Wu , Lichuan Wang , Bin Zou , Yafeng Yang , Zongyang Cui , Yu Cai , Tianhang Yu , Chengfei Lv , Zhihua Wu

Edge devices demand low energy consumption, cost and small form factor. To efficiently deploy convolutional neural network (CNN) models on edge device, energy-aware model compression becomes extremely important. However, existing work did…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Zhehui Wang , Tao Luo , Joey Tianyi Zhou , Rick Siow Mong Goh

Almost in every heavily computation-dependent application, from 6G communication systems to autonomous driving platforms, a large portion of computing should be near to the client side. Edge computing (AI at Edge) in mobile devices is one…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Seyed Nima Omidsajedi , Rekha Reddy , Jianming Yi , Jan Herbst , Christoph Lipps , Hans Dieter Schotten

Deep learning is reshaping mobile applications, with a growing trend of deploying deep neural networks (DNNs) directly to mobile and embedded devices to address real-time performance and privacy. To accommodate local resource limitations,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Yuzhan Wang , Sicong Liu , Bin Guo , Boqi Zhang , Ke Ma , Yasan Ding , Hao Luo , Yao Li , Zhiwen Yu

Deep learning models are being deployed in many mobile intelligent applications. End-side services, such as intelligent personal assistants, autonomous cars, and smart home services often employ either simple local models on the mobile or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Amir Erfan Eshratifar , Mohammad Saeed Abrishami , Massoud Pedram