A Resource-Driven Approach for Implementing CNNs on FPGAs Using Adaptive IPs
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| author | Magalhães, Philippe Fresse, Virginie Suffran, Benoît Alata, Olivier |
| author_facet | Magalhães, Philippe Fresse, Virginie Suffran, Benoît Alata, Olivier |
| contents | The increasing demand for real-time, low-latency artificial intelligence applications has propelled the use of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) implementations. FPGAs offer reconfigurability, energy efficiency, and performance advantages over GPUs, making them suitable for edge devices and embedded systems. This work presents a novel library of resource-efficient convolution IPs designed to automatically adapt to the available FPGA resources. Developed in VHDL, these IPs are parameterizable and utilize fixed-point arithmetic for optimal performance. Four IPs are introduced, each tailored to specific resource constraints, offering flexibility in DSP usage, logic consumption, and precision. Experimental results on a Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA highlight the trade-offs between performance and resource usage. The comparison with recent FPGA-based CNN acceleration techniques emphasizes the versatility and independence of this approach from specific FPGA architectures or technological advancements. Future work will expand the library to include pooling and activation functions, enabling broader applicability and integration into CNN frameworks. |
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| spellingShingle | A Resource-Driven Approach for Implementing CNNs on FPGAs Using Adaptive IPs Magalhães, Philippe Fresse, Virginie Suffran, Benoît Alata, Olivier Hardware Architecture The increasing demand for real-time, low-latency artificial intelligence applications has propelled the use of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) implementations. FPGAs offer reconfigurability, energy efficiency, and performance advantages over GPUs, making them suitable for edge devices and embedded systems. This work presents a novel library of resource-efficient convolution IPs designed to automatically adapt to the available FPGA resources. Developed in VHDL, these IPs are parameterizable and utilize fixed-point arithmetic for optimal performance. Four IPs are introduced, each tailored to specific resource constraints, offering flexibility in DSP usage, logic consumption, and precision. Experimental results on a Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA highlight the trade-offs between performance and resource usage. The comparison with recent FPGA-based CNN acceleration techniques emphasizes the versatility and independence of this approach from specific FPGA architectures or technological advancements. Future work will expand the library to include pooling and activation functions, enabling broader applicability and integration into CNN frameworks. |
| title | A Resource-Driven Approach for Implementing CNNs on FPGAs Using Adaptive IPs |
| topic | Hardware Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02990 |