1. Ferroelectric FET-based context-switching FPGA enabling dynamic reconfiguration for adaptive deep learning machines.
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Yixin Xu, Zijian Zhao, Yi Xiao, Tongguang Yu, Mulaosmanovic, Halid, Kleimaier, Dominik, Duenkel, Stefan, Beyer, Sven, Xiao Gong, Joshi, Rajiv, Xiaobo Hu, Shixian Wen, Rios, Amanda Sofie, Lekkala, Kiran, Itti, Laurent, Homan, Eric, George, Sumitha, Narayanan, Vijaykrishnan, and Kai Ni
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MACHINE learning , *FIELD programmable gate arrays , *DEEP learning , *FIELD-effect transistors - Abstract
Field programmable gate array (FPGA) is widely used in the acceleration of deep learning applications because of its reconfigurability, flexibility, and fast time-to-market. However, conventional FPGA suffers from the trade-off between chip area and reconfiguration latency, making efficient FPGA accelerations that require switching between multiple configurations still elusive. Here, we propose a ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET)-based context-switching FPGA supporting dynamic reconfiguration to break this trade-off, enabling loading of arbitrary configuration without interrupting the active configuration execution. Leveraging the intrinsic structure and nonvolatility of FeFETs, compact FPGA primitives are proposed and experimentally verified. The evaluation results show our design shows a 63.0%/74.7% reduction in a look-up table (LUT)/connection block (CB) area and 82.7%/53.6% reduction in CB/switch box power consumption with a minimal penalty in the critical path delay (9.6%). Besides, our design yields significant time savings by 78.7 and 20.3% on average for context-switching and dynamic reconfiguration applications, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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