BiKA: Binarized KAN-inspired Neural Network for Efficient Hardware Accelerator Designs
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Abstract
The continuously growing size of Neural Network (NN) models makes the design of lightweight neural network accelerators for edge devices an emerging subject in recent research. Previous works explored different lightweight technologies or even emerging neural network structures, such as quantization, approximate computing, neuromorphic computing, etc., to reduce hardware resource consumption in accelerator designs. This inspired our interest in exploring the potential of other emerging network structures in hardware accelerator designs. Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) [1] is a recently proposed novel neural network structure by replacing the multiplication and activation function in Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) with learnable nonlinear functions, which has the potential to transform the paradigm of neural network design. However, considering the complexity of the nonlinear function on hardware, the design of the lightweight hardware accelerator of KAN lacks thoroughly related research.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd Annual International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, FCCM 2025 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 276 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 979-8-3315-0281-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
| Series | Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM) |
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| ISSN | 2576-2613 |
Conference
| Title | 33rd IEEE Annual International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines |
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| Abbreviated title | FCCM 2025 |
| Conference number | 33 |
| Duration | 4 - 7 May 2025 |
| Website | |
| Location | Graduate Hotel |
| City | Fayetteville |
| Country | United States of America |
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Keywords
- approximate computing, fpga, hardware accelerator, kolmogorov-arnold network