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PIMSIM-NN: An ISA-based Simulation Framework for Processing-in-Memory Accelerators
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Processing-in-memory (PIM) has shown extraordinary potential in accelerating neural networks. To evaluate the performance of PIM accelerators, we present an ISA-based simulation framework including a dedicated ISA targeting neural networks running on PIM architectures, a compiler, and a cycleaccurate configurable simulator. Compared with prior works, this work decouples software algorithms and hardware architectures through the proposed ISA, providing a more convenient way to evaluate the effectiveness of software/hardware optimizations. The simulator adopts an event-driven simulation approach and has better support for hardware parallelism. The framework is open-sourced at https://github.com/wangxy-2000/pimsim-nn.
- Subjects :
- Computer Science - Hardware Architecture
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2402.18089
- Document Type :
- Working Paper