qlou/dnn_neurosim_v1.0

DNN+NeuroSim V1.0

The DNN+NeuroSim framework was developed by Prof. Shimeng Yu's group (Georgia Institute of Technology). The model is made publicly available on a non-commercial basis. Copyright of the model is maintained by the developers, and the model is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License

This is the released version 1.0 (June 1st, 2019) for the tool, and this version is an integrated framework developed in C++ and wrapped by Pytorch and Tensorflow, it supports digital SRAM, eNVM (STT-MARAM, RRAM and PCM) and FeFET based architectures, for deep neural networks (DNNs) inference performance estimation.

In Pytorch/Tensorflow wrapper, users are able to define network structures, precision of synaptic weight and neural activation. With the integrated NeuroSim which takes real traces from wrapper, the framework can support hierarchical organization from device level to circuit level, to chip level and to algorithm level, enabling instruction-accurate evaluation on both accuracy and hardware performance of inference.

If you use the tool or adapt the tool in your work or publication, you are required to cite the following reference:

P.-Y. Chen, X. Peng, S. Yu, ※NeuroSim+: An integrated device-to-algorithm framework for benchmarking synaptic devices and array architectures,§ IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2017, San Francisco, USA.

If you have logistic questions or comments on the model, please contact Prof. Shimeng Yu, and if you have technical questions or comments, please contact Xiaochen Peng or Shanshi Huang.

File lists

1. Manual: Documents/DNNNeuroSim_Manual.pdf
2. DNN_NeuroSim wrapped by Pytorch: 'Inference_pytorch'
3. DNN_NeuroSim wrapped by Tensorflow: 'Inference_tensorflow'
4. NeuroSim under Pytorch Inference: 'Inference_pytorch/NeuroSIM'
5. NeuroSim under Tensorflow Inference: 'Inference_tensorflow/source/NeuroSIM'

Installation steps (Linux)

1. Get the tool from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/neurosim/DNN_NeuroSim_V1.0.git

2. Train the network to get the model for inference

3. Compile the NeuroSim codes

make

4. Run Pytorch/Tensorflow wrapper (integrated with NeuroSim)

For the usage of this tool, please refer to the manual.

References related to this tool

1. X. Peng, R. Liu, S. Yu, ※Optimizing weight mapping and data flow for convolutional neural networks on RRAM based processing-in-memory architecture, § IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2019.
2. P.-Y. Chen, S. Yu, ※Technological benchmark of analog synaptic devices for neuro-inspired architectures, § IEEE Design & Test, 2019.
3. P.-Y. Chen, X. Peng, S. Yu, ※NeuroSim: A circuit-level macro model for benchmarking neuro-inspired architectures in online learning, § IEEE Trans. CAD, 2018.
4. X. Sun, S. Yin, X. Peng, R. Liu, J.-S. Seo, S. Yu, ※XNOR-RRAM: A scalable and parallel resistive synaptic architecture for binary neural networks,§ ACM/IEEE Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2018.
5. P.-Y. Chen, X. Peng, S. Yu, ※NeuroSim+: An integrated device-to-algorithm framework for benchmarking synaptic devices and array architectures, § IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2017.
6. P.-Y. Chen, S. Yu, ※Partition SRAM and RRAM based synaptic arrays for neuro-inspired computing,§ IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2016.
7. P.-Y. Chen, D. Kadetotad, Z. Xu, A. Mohanty, B. Lin, J. Ye, S. Vrudhula, J.-S. Seo, Y. Cao, S. Yu, ※Technology-design co-optimization of resistive cross-point array for accelerating learning algorithms on chip,§ IEEE Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), 2015.
8. S. Wu, et al., ※Training and inference with integers in deep neural networks,§ arXiv: 1802.04680, 2018.
9. github.com/boluoweifenda/WAGE
10. github.com/stevenygd/WAGE.pytorch
11. github.com/aaron-xichen/pytorch-playground