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Flexfloat DL Training Framework

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Short Description

So far, we have implemented inference of various smaller networks on our PULP-based systems ([pulp-nn]). The data-intensive training of DNN was too memory-hungry to be implemented on our systems. Our latest architecture concept called Manticore includes 4096 snitch cores, is chiplet-based and includes HBM2 memory (see Image).


Recently, industry and academia have started exploring the required computational precision for training. Many state-of-the-art training hardware platforms support by now not only 64-bit and 32-bit floating-point formats, but also 16-bit floating-point formats (binary16 by IEEE and brainfloat). Recent work proposes various training formats such as 8-bit floats.


Status: Available

Looking for 1 Semester/Master student
Contact: Gianna Paulin, Tim Fischer

Prerequisites

Machine Learning
Python
C


Prerequisites

  • Machine Learning
  • Python
  • C

Character

25% Theory
75% Implementation

Professor

Luca Benini

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Project Organization

Weekly Meetings

The student shall meet with the advisor(s) every week in order to discuss any issues/problems that may have persisted during the previous week and with a suggestion of next steps. These meetings are meant to provide a guaranteed time slot for mutual exchange of information on how to proceed, clear out any questions from either side and to ensure the student’s progress.

Report / Presentation

Documentation is an important and often overlooked aspect of engineering. One final report has to be completed within this project. Any form of word processing software is allowed for writing the reports, nevertheless, the use of LaTeX with Tgif, drawoio (See: http://bourbon.usc.edu:8001/tgif/index.html and http://www.dz.ee.ethz.ch/en/information/how-to/drawing-schematics.html) or any other vector drawing software (for block diagrams) is strongly encouraged by the IIS staff.

Final Report

A digital copy of the report, the presentation, the developed software, build script/project files, drawings/illustrations, acquired data, etc. needs to be handed in at the end of the project. Note that this task description is part of your report and has to be attached to your final report.

Presentation

At the end of the project, the outcome of the thesis will be presented in a 15 (SA) or 20-minutes (MA) talk and 5 minutes of discussion in front of interested people of the Integrated Systems Laboratory. The presentation is open to the public, so you are welcome to invite interested friends. The exact date will be determined towards the end of the work.

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