High energy and thermal neutron sensitivity of google tensor processing units

RLR Junior, S Malde, C Cazzaniga… - … on Nuclear Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we investigate the reliability of Google's coral tensor processing units (TPUs)
to both high-energy atmospheric neutrons (at ChipIR) and thermal neutrons from a pulsed …

An experimental study of reduced-voltage operation in modern FPGAs for neural network acceleration

B Salami, EB Onural, IE Yuksel, F Koc… - 2020 50th Annual …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We empirically evaluate an undervolting technique, ie, underscaling the circuit supply
voltage below the nominal level, to improve the power-efficiency of Convolutional Neural …

Reliability of google's tensor processing units for embedded applications

RL Rech, P Rech - 2022 Design, Automation & Test in Europe …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have become the most used and efficient way to
identify and classify objects in a scene. CNNs are today fundamental not only for …

Impact of high-level-synthesis on reliability of artificial neural network hardware accelerators

M Traiola, FF Dos Santos, P Rech… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dedicated hardware is required to efficiently execute the highly resource-demanding
modern artificial neural networks (ANNs). The high complexity of ANN systems has …

Evaluating and mitigating neutrons effects on COTS EdgeAI accelerators

S Blower, P Rech, C Cazzaniga… - … on Nuclear Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
EdgeAI is an emerging artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator technology, which is capable of
delivering improved AI performance at both a lower cost and a lower power level. With the …

A lightweight mitigation technique for resource-constrained devices executing dnn inference models under neutron radiation

J Gava, A Hanneman, G Abich… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep neural network (DNN) models are being deployed in safety-critical embedded devices
for object identification, recognition, and even trajectory prediction. Optimized versions of …

Assessment of tiny machine-learning computing systems under neutron-induced radiation effects

RP Bastos, MG Trindade, R Garibotti… - … on Nuclear Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article compares and assesses the effectiveness of three prominent machine learning
(ML) models for tiny ML computing systems in tolerating neutron-induced soft errors. Results …

Reliability of google's tensor processing units for convolutional neural networks

RLR Junior, P Rech - 2022 52nd Annual IEEE/IFIP …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This abstract presents the result of extensive reliability evaluation of Google's Coral Tensor
Processing Unit (TPU), which is one of the latest low power accelerators for CNNs. We …

A Survey Examining Neuromorphic Architecture in Space and Challenges from Radiation

J Naoukin, M Isik, K Tiwari - arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.15006, 2023 - arxiv.org
Inspired by the human brain's structure and function, neuromorphic computing has emerged
as a promising approach for developing energy-efficient and powerful computing systems …

Using machine learning to mitigate single-event upsets in RF circuits and systems

A Ildefonso, JP Kimball, A Khachatrian… - … on Nuclear Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present article applies the-nearest neighbors (-NN) machine learning (ML) algorithm to
detect and correct single-event upsets (SEUs). In particular, this work focuses on SEUs …