Hardware accelerator for boosting convolution computation in image classification applications

  • Meng Chou Chang
  • , Ze Gang Pan
  • , Jyun Liang Chen

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Abstract

In a convolutional neural network (CNN), convolution calculation can account for about 90% of the total processing work. This paper presents the design of a convolution hardware accelerator (CHA) which can support efficient matrix multiplication to speed up the convolution calculation. In our experiment, when a RISC-V Rocket processor is used to simulate the operation of a CNN for image classification, it can achieve a performance speedup of 30.82 with the help of the convolution hardware accelerator (CHA).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 6th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509040452
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 12 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event6th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2017 - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 24 10 201727 10 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE 6th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2017
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference6th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNagoya
Period24/10/1727/10/17

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Keywords

  • Convolutional neural network
  • image classification

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