ASC: Adaptive Scale Feature Map Compression for Deep Neural Network

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Autores principales: Yao, Yuan, Chang, Tian-Sheuan
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author Yao, Yuan
Chang, Tian-Sheuan
author_facet Yao, Yuan
Chang, Tian-Sheuan
contents Deep-learning accelerators are increasingly in demand; however, their performance is constrained by the size of the feature map, leading to high bandwidth requirements and large buffer sizes. We propose an adaptive scale feature map compression technique leveraging the unique properties of the feature map. This technique adopts independent channel indexing given the weak channel correlation and utilizes a cubical-like block shape to benefit from strong local correlations. The method further optimizes compression using a switchable endpoint mode and adaptive scale interpolation to handle unimodal data distributions, both with and without outliers. This results in 4$\times$ and up to 7.69$\times$ compression rates for 16-bit data in constant and variable bitrates, respectively. Our hardware design minimizes area cost by adjusting interpolation scales, which facilitates hardware sharing among interpolation points. Additionally, we introduce a threshold concept for straightforward interpolation, preventing the need for intricate hardware. The TSMC 28nm implementation showcases an equivalent gate count of 6135 for the 8-bit version. Furthermore, the hardware architecture scales effectively, with only a sublinear increase in area cost. Achieving a 32$\times$ throughput increase meets the theoretical bandwidth of DDR5-6400 at just 7.65$\times$ the hardware cost.
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spellingShingle ASC: Adaptive Scale Feature Map Compression for Deep Neural Network
Yao, Yuan
Chang, Tian-Sheuan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Hardware Architecture
Image and Video Processing
Deep-learning accelerators are increasingly in demand; however, their performance is constrained by the size of the feature map, leading to high bandwidth requirements and large buffer sizes. We propose an adaptive scale feature map compression technique leveraging the unique properties of the feature map. This technique adopts independent channel indexing given the weak channel correlation and utilizes a cubical-like block shape to benefit from strong local correlations. The method further optimizes compression using a switchable endpoint mode and adaptive scale interpolation to handle unimodal data distributions, both with and without outliers. This results in 4$\times$ and up to 7.69$\times$ compression rates for 16-bit data in constant and variable bitrates, respectively. Our hardware design minimizes area cost by adjusting interpolation scales, which facilitates hardware sharing among interpolation points. Additionally, we introduce a threshold concept for straightforward interpolation, preventing the need for intricate hardware. The TSMC 28nm implementation showcases an equivalent gate count of 6135 for the 8-bit version. Furthermore, the hardware architecture scales effectively, with only a sublinear increase in area cost. Achieving a 32$\times$ throughput increase meets the theoretical bandwidth of DDR5-6400 at just 7.65$\times$ the hardware cost.
title ASC: Adaptive Scale Feature Map Compression for Deep Neural Network
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Hardware Architecture
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08176