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- Title
An area‐efficient memory‐based multiplier powering eight parallel multiplications for convolutional neural network processors.
- Authors
Choi, Seongrim; Cho, Suhwan; Nam, Byeong‐Gyu
- Abstract
Convolutional neural network (CNN) is widely used for various deep learning applications because of its best‐in‐class classification performance. However, CNN needs several multiply‐accumulate (MAC) operations to realize human‐level cognition capabilities. In this regard, an area‐efficient multiplier is essential to integrate a large number of MAC units in a CNN processor. In this letter, we present an area‐efficient memory‐based multiplier targeting CNN processing. The proposed architecture adopts a 32‐port memory shared across eight multiplications. Simulation results show that area is reduced by 18.4% compared with the state‐of‐the‐art memory‐based multiplier.
- Subjects
CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks; ARTIFICIAL neural networks; ARTIFICIAL intelligence; DEEP learning; ANALOG multipliers
- Publication
Electronics Letters (Wiley-Blackwell), 2021, Vol 57, Issue 15, p573
- ISSN
0013-5194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1049/ell2.12206