With the advent of image processing and computer vision for automotive under real-time constraints, the need for fast and architecture-optimized arithmetic operations is crucial. Alternative and efficient representations for real numbers are starting to be explored, and among them, the recently introduced positTM number system is highly promising. Furthermore, with the implementation of the architecture-specific mathematical library thoroughly targeting single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) engines, the acceleration provided to deep neural networks framework is increasing. In this paper, we present the implementation of some core image processing operations exploiting the posit arithmetic and the ARM scalable vector extension SIMD engine. Moreover, we present applications of real-time image processing to the autonomous driving scenario, presenting benchmarks on the tinyDNN deep neural network (DNN) framework.

Fast deep neural networks for image processing using posits and ARM scalable vector extension

Cococcioni M.
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;
Rossi F.
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;
Ruffaldi E.
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;
Saponara S.
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2020-01-01

Abstract

With the advent of image processing and computer vision for automotive under real-time constraints, the need for fast and architecture-optimized arithmetic operations is crucial. Alternative and efficient representations for real numbers are starting to be explored, and among them, the recently introduced positTM number system is highly promising. Furthermore, with the implementation of the architecture-specific mathematical library thoroughly targeting single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) engines, the acceleration provided to deep neural networks framework is increasing. In this paper, we present the implementation of some core image processing operations exploiting the posit arithmetic and the ARM scalable vector extension SIMD engine. Moreover, we present applications of real-time image processing to the autonomous driving scenario, presenting benchmarks on the tinyDNN deep neural network (DNN) framework.
2020
Cococcioni, M.; Rossi, F.; Ruffaldi, E.; Saponara, S.
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