Physically Accurate Learning-based Performance Prediction of Hardware-accelerated ML Algorithms

Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, Soroush Ghodrati, Andrew B. Kahng, Joon Kyung Kim, Sean Kinzer, Sayak Kundu, Rohan Mahapatra, Susmita Dey Manasi, Sachin S. Sapatnekar, Zhiang Wang, Ziqing Zeng

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Abstract

Parameterizable ML accelerators are the product of recent breakthroughs in machine learning (ML). To fully enable the design space exploration, we propose a physical-design-driven, learning-based prediction framework for hardware-accelerated deep neural network (DNN) and non-DNN ML algorithms. It employs a unified methodology, coupling backend power, performance and area (PPA) analysis with frontend performance simulation, thus achieving realistic estimation of both backend PPA and system metrics (runtime and energy). Experimental studies show that the approach provides excellent predictions for both ASIC (in a 12nm commercial process) and FPGA implementations on the VTA and VeriGOOD-ML platforms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMLCAD 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages119-126
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781450394864
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 12 2022
Event4th ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD, MLCAD 2022 - Snowbird, United States
Duration: Sep 12 2022Sep 13 2022

Publication series

NameMLCAD 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD

Conference

Conference4th ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD, MLCAD 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySnowbird
Period9/12/229/13/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This material is based on research sponsored in part by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under agreement number FA8650-20-2-7009. Andrew B. Kahng is also supported in part by NSF CCF-2112665. The U. S. government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of AFRL, DARPA, or the U. S. government.

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • design space exploration
  • ML accelerator
  • PPA prediction

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