DeepRecon: Dynamically Reconfigurable Architecture for Accelerating Deep Neural Networks

Deep learning models are computationally expensive and their performance depends strongly on the underlying hardware platform. General purpose compute platforms such as GPUs have been widely used for implementing deep learning techniques. However, with the advent of emerging application domains such as internet of things, developments of custom integrated circuits capable of efficiently implementing deep learning models with low power and form factor are in high demand. In this paper we analyze both the computation and communication costs of common deep networks. We propose a reconfigurable architecture that efficiently utilizes computational and storage resources for accelerating deep learning techniques without loss of algorithmic accuracy.