2021/03/08 by Max Sponner, Sponner, Max, Bernd Waschneck +3 · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Embedded Systems Design Techniques #FOS: Computer and information sciences #I.2.0 #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Programming Languages (cs.PL) #Software System Performance and Reliability
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2104.04576
openalex publication_date 2021/03/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
As the usage of deep learning becomes increasingly popular in mobile and embedded solutions, it is necessary to convert the framework-specific network representations into executable code for these embedded platforms. This paper consists of two parts: The first section is made up of a survey and benchmark of the available open source deep learning compiler toolchains, which focus on the capabilities and performance of the individual solutions in regard to targeting embedded devices and microcontrollers that are combined with a dedicated accelerator in a heterogeneous fashion. The second part explores the implementation and evaluation of a compilation flow for such a heterogeneous device and reuses one of the existing toolchains to demonstrate the necessary steps for hardware developers that plan to build a software flow for their own hardware.