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Mixed-precision quantization is a popular approach for compressing deep neural networks (DNNs). However, it is challenging to scale the performance efficiently with mixed-precision DNNs given the current FPGA architecture and conventional…
We investigate the use of half-precision floating-point numbers (FP16) in mixed-precision linear solvers for lattice QCD simulations. Since the emergence of GPUs for general-purpose, mixed-precision algorithms that combine single-precision…
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A multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation is the main computation unit for DSP applications. DSP blocks are one of the efficient solutions to implement MACs in FPGA's. However, since the DSP blocks have wide multiplier and adder blocks, MAC…
FrodoKEM is a lattice-based post-quantum key encapsulation mechanism (KEM). It has been considered for standardization by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) due to its robust security profile. However, its hardware…
This work presents a practical benchmarking framework for optimizing artificial intelligence (AI) models on ARM Cortex processors (M0+, M4, M7), focusing on energy efficiency, accuracy, and resource utilization in embedded systems. Through…
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Quantization significantly accelerates inference in large language models (LLMs) by replacing original high-precision matrices with low-precision counterparts. Recent advances in weight-activation quantization have primarily focused on…
NVIDIA Tensor Core is a mixed-precision matrix-matrix multiplication and addition computing unit, where the theoretical peak performance is more than 300 TFlop/s on NVIDIA A100 GPU. NVIDIA provides WMMA API for using Tensor Cores in custom…
Faster explicit elastic wavefield simulations are required for large and complex three-dimensional media using a structured finite element method. Such wavefield simulations are suitable for GPUs, which have exhibited improved computational…
Many recent computational accelerators provide non-standard (e.g., reduced precision) arithmetic operations to enhance performance for floating-point matrix multiplication. Unfortunately, the properties of these accelerators are not widely…
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Montgomery modular multiplication is widely-used in public key cryptosystems (PKC) and affects the efficiency of upper systems directly. However, modulus is getting larger due to the increasing demand of security, which results in a heavy…
Ookami is a computer technology testbed supported by the United States National Science Foundation. It provides researchers with access to the A64FX processor developed by Fujitsu in collaboration with RIK{\Xi}N for the Japanese path to…