Architecting decentralization and customizability in dnn accelerators for hardware defect adaptation

E Ozen, A Orailoglu - … on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The efficiency of machine intelligence techniques has improved noticeably in the embedded
application domains thanks to the dedicated hardware accelerators for deep neural …

Learning to train CNNs on faulty ReRAM-based manycore accelerators

BK Joardar, JR Doppa, H Li, K Chakrabarty… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The growing popularity of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has led to the search for
efficient computational platforms to accelerate CNN training. Resistive random-access …

Efficient fault-criticality analysis for AI accelerators using a neural twin

A Chaudhuri, CY Chen, J Talukdar… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the inherent fault tolerance of deep neural network (DNN) models used for
classification, many structural faults in the processing elements (PEs) of a systolic array …

Test architecture for systolic array of edge-based ai accelerator

US Solangi, M Ibtesam, MA Ansari, J Kim… - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The application diversity and evolution of AI accelerator architectures require innovative DFT
solutions to address issues such as test time, test power, performance and area overhead …

On-line functional testing of memristor-mapped deep neural networks using backdoored checksums

CY Chen, K Chakrabarty - 2021 IEEE International Test …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning (DL) applications are becoming in-creasingly ubiquitous. However, recent
research has highlighted a number of reliability concerns associated with deep neural …

STRAIT: Self-Test and Self-Recovery for AI Accelerator

H Lee, J Kim, J Park, S Kang - IEEE Transactions on Computer …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the demand for data-intensive analytics has increased with the rapid advance in artificial
intelligence (AI), various AI accelerators have been proposed. However, as AI-based …

Reliability-driven memristive crossbar design in neuromorphic computing systems

Q Xu, J Wang, B Yuan, Q Sun, S Chen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, memristive crossbar-based neuromorphic computing systems (NCS) have
provided a promising solution to the acceleration of neural networks. However, stuck-at …

Special session: Fault criticality assessment in ai accelerators

A Chaudhuri, J Talukdar… - 2022 IEEE 40th VLSI Test …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ubiquitous application of deep neural networks (DNN) has led to a rise in demand for AI
accelerators. DNN-specific functional criticality analysis identifies faults that cause …

Probabilistic fault grading for AI accelerators using neural twins

A Chaudhuri, J Talukdar… - 2022 IEEE Computer …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a topological and probabilistic frame-work to estimate the functional criticality of
defects in an AI inferencing accelerator. From the application workload, we extract the …

Towards functionally robust AI accelerators

S Banerjee, CY Chen, J Talukdar… - … Design & Test …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in deep learning can be attributed to the continued performance
improvement of hardware processors and artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators. In addition …