Summary of Pikelpn: Mitigating Overlooked Inefficiencies Of Low-precision Neural Networks, by Marina Neseem et al.
PikeLPN: Mitigating Overlooked Inefficiencies of Low-Precision Neural Networks
by Marina Neseem, Conor McCullough, Randy Hsin, Chas Leichner, Shan Li, In Suk Chong, Andrew G. Howard, Lukasz Lew, Sherief Reda, Ville-Mikko Rautio, Daniele Moro
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Medium Difficulty summary: This paper proposes a novel approach to optimize the inference cost of neural networks through quantization, specifically focusing on non-quantized elementwise operations. The Arithmetic Computation Effort (ACE) metric is extended to better align with energy consumption on ML hardware, leading to ACEv2. Additionally, PikeLPN, a model that applies quantization to both elementwise and multiply-accumulate operations, is introduced. The paper also presents QuantNorm, a novel quantization technique for batch normalization layers, and Double Quantization for scaling parameters. Furthermore, Distribution-Heterogeneous Quantization resolves the issue of distribution mismatch in Separable Convolution layers, achieving Pareto-optimality with up to 3X efficiency improvement compared to SOTA low-precision models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Low Difficulty summary: This research paper aims to make neural networks more efficient and environmentally friendly. Right now, most people focus on optimizing the neural network’s ability to learn quickly, but not how much energy it uses. The authors propose a new way of doing this, called ACEv2, which takes into account the energy consumption when the model is being used. They also introduce a new model called PikeLPN that can be more efficient and accurate than current models. The paper also explains two new techniques to optimize batch normalization layers and resolve an issue with Separable Convolution layers. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Batch normalization » Inference » Neural network » Precision » Quantization
