Summary of Adam: Adaptive Fault-tolerant Approximate Multiplier For Edge Dnn Accelerators, by Mahdi Taheri et al.
AdAM: Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Approximate Multiplier for Edge DNN Accelerators
by Mahdi Taheri, Natalia Cherezova, Samira Nazari, Ahsan Rafiq, Ali Azarpeyvand, Tara Ghasempouri, Masoud Daneshtalab, Jaan Raik, Maksim Jenihhin
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed architecture is a novel adaptive fault-tolerant approximate multiplier designed specifically for ASIC-based Deep Neural Network (DNN) accelerators. The model leverages the strengths of both approximate computing and hardware acceleration to efficiently process complex computations in AI workloads. By exploiting the characteristics of DNNs, the adaptive multiplier achieves remarkable energy efficiency while maintaining a high degree of accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate significant improvements in terms of power consumption, area overhead, and overall performance compared to existing solutions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a new kind of math tool that helps computers do AI tasks more efficiently. The tool is special because it can adapt to different situations and correct mistakes on its own. It’s designed specifically for machines that help computers learn from lots of data. This makes it really good at processing big amounts of information without using too much energy or taking up too much space. The results show that this tool works better than others in terms of power, size, and performance. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Neural network
