Title
An Ultra-Low Power Always-On Keyword Spotting Accelerator Using Quantized Convolutional Neural Network And Voltage-Domain Analog Switching Network-Based Approximate Computing
Abstract
An ultra-low power always-on keyword spotting (KWS) accelerator is implemented in 22nm CMOS technology, which is based on an optimized convolutional neural network (CNN). To reduce the power consumption while maintaining the system recognition accuracy, we first perform a bit-width quantization method on the proposed CNN to reduce the data/weight bit width required by the hardware computing unit without reducing the recognition accuracy. Then, we propose an approximate computing architecture for the quantized CNN using voltage-domain analog switching network based multiplication and addition unit. Implementation results show that this accelerator can support 10 keywords real time recognition under different noise types and SNRs, while the power consumption can be significantly reduced to 52 mu W.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2960948
IEEE ACCESS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Keyword spotting, approximate computing, bit-width quantization
Journal
7
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2169-3536
1
0.41
References 
Authors
0
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bo Liu1104.67
Zhen Wang27628.98
wentao zhu3233.94
Yuhao Sun481.53
Zeyu Shen5101.56
Lepeng Huang631.80
Yan Li710.41
Yu Gong8127.36
Wei Ge92111.72