Lightspeed Binary Neural Networks using Optical Phase-Change Materials

Taha Shahroodi, Rafaela Cardoso, Mahdi Zahedi, Stephan Wong, Alberto Bosio, Ian O'Connor, Said Hamdioui

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Abstract

This paper investigates the potential of a compute-in-memory core based on optical Phase Change Materials (oPCMs) to speed up and reduce the energy consumption of the Matrix-Matrix-Multiplication operation. The paper also proposes a new data mapping for Binary Neural Networks (BNNs) tailored for our oPCM core. The preliminary results show a significant latency improvement irrespective of the evaluated network structure and size. The improvement varies from network to network and goes up to ~1053x.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2023 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE)
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherIEEE
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)979-8-3503-9624-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
EventDATE 2023: Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition - Antwerp, Belgium
Duration: 17 Apr 202319 Apr 2023
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Conference

ConferenceDATE 2023
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityAntwerp
Period17/04/2319/04/23
Internet address

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Keywords

  • Binary Neural Network
  • Optical PCM
  • Computation-In-Memory

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