Understanding and profiling a convolutional neural network application on different computing platforms using OpenCL

• Main Author: Nandi, Shuvam
• Other Authors: Douglas Leslie Maskell
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer systems organization::Processor architectures; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Hardware::Register-transfer-level implementation; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Pattern recognition; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer systems organization::Performance of systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The decline of Moore’s law has led to a fundamental shift in the design of micro-processor architectures. Devices with parallel processing architectures such as GPUs, FPGAs and DSPs initially used specifically for dedicated tasks are now gaining popularity as accelerators for more general-purpose co...