A 1 TOPS/W analog deep machine-learning engine with floating-gate storage in 0.13 �m CMOS

J Lu, S Young, I Arel, J Holleman�- IEEE Journal of Solid-State�…, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2014ieeexplore.ieee.org
An analog implementation of a deep machine-learning system for efficient feature extraction
is presented in this work. It features online unsupervised trainability and non-volatile floating-
gate analog storage. It utilizes a massively parallel reconfigurable current-mode analog
architecture to realize efficient computation, and leverages algorithm-level feedback to
provide robustness to circuit imperfections in analog signal processing. A 3-layer, 7-node
analog deep machine-learning engine was fabricated in a 0.13 μm standard CMOS process�…
An analog implementation of a deep machine-learning system for efficient feature extraction is presented in this work. It features online unsupervised trainability and non-volatile floating-gate analog storage. It utilizes a massively parallel reconfigurable current-mode analog architecture to realize efficient computation, and leverages algorithm-level feedback to provide robustness to circuit imperfections in analog signal processing. A 3-layer, 7-node analog deep machine-learning engine was fabricated in a 0.13 μm standard CMOS process, occupying 0.36 mm 2 active area. At a processing speed of 8300 input vectors per second, it consumes 11.4 μW from the 3 V supply, achieving 1�10 12 operation per second per Watt of peak energy efficiency. Measurement demonstrates real-time cluster analysis, and feature extraction for pattern recognition with 8-fold dimension reduction with an accuracy comparable to the floating-point software simulation baseline.
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