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Development of a low-power deep-learning chip using adiabatic superconducting technology

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K15041
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 21060:Electron device and electronic equipment-related
Research InstitutionYokohama National University

Principal Investigator

Chen Olivia  横浜国立大学, 先端科学高等研究院, 特任教員(助教) (70837856)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Keywords電子工学 / 超伝導エレクトロニクス / 集積回路工学 / 低消費電力 / 近似計算 / 断熱回路 / 超伝導集積回路 / 機械学習 / 超伝導エレクトロニック / ストカスティック演算 / ディープラーニング
Outline of Research at the Start

人工知能(AI)の台頭は,過去のコンピュータ革命やインターネット革命よりも人間の生活に大きな影響を与える可能性がある.人工知能を普及すると共に、莫大な電力が消費されてしまう.この電力危機を緩和するため,従来の半導体技術とくらべて,一万倍から十万倍以下の低い電力で動作可能な断熱型超伝導回路を用いることより,低電力化AIチップの実現が可能である。本研究では,1ワットの電力で1千兆回のAI演算が可能な超伝導AIチップの実現を目指す.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we proposed an extremely low-power deep learning chip by combining Stochastic Computing (SC), an approximate computing scheme with the adiabatic quantum magnetic flux parametron (AQFP), a low-power superconducting technology. As the research results, we have developed an automated design tool chain for large-scale superconducting circuits design, prototyped the proposed deep learning chip, and demonstrated its operation at low temperatures.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人工知能の急速な発展に伴う情報量が爆発的増大し,莫大な電力が消費されてしまいます.本研究成果では,半導体回路に対して5桁以上消費電力効率を持つ超伝導回路を基盤技術とする上,近似計算である新たな計算方式との連携を通じて,1Wで千兆回演算級のエネルギー効率を有する新たな超低電力AIシステムの開発に挑戦します.また,本技術の応用の拡大,引いては地球温暖化の防止にもつながると考えます.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Northeastern University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Taiwan National Tsinghua Univerisity(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Northeastern University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Low-autocorrelation random number generator based on adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron logic2021

    • Author(s)
      Luo Wenhui、Takeuchi Naoki、Chen Olivia、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

      Volume: 31 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2021.3070460

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Logic Synthesis of Sequential Logic Circuits for Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Logic2021

    • Author(s)
      Saito Ro、Ayala Christopher L.、Chen Olivia、Tanaka Tomoyuki、Tamura Tomohiro、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

      Volume: 31 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-5

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2021.3061636

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Demonstration of a 47.8 GHz High-Speed FFT Processor Using Single-Flux-Quantum Technology2021

    • Author(s)
      Fei Ke, Olivia Chen, Yanzhi Wang and Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond

      Volume: 31-5 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-5

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2021.3059984

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A semi-custom design methodology and environment for implementing superconductor adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron microprocessors2020

    • Author(s)
      Ayala Christopher L、Saito Ro、Tanaka Tomoyuki、Chen Olivia、Takeuchi Naoki、He Yuxing、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      Superconductor Science and Technology

      Volume: 33 Issue: 5 Pages: 054006-054006

    • DOI

      10.1088/1361-6668/ab7ec3

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Design of SFQ convolutional computation processor for convolutional neural network2020

    • Author(s)
      Fei Ke、 Ao Ren、Yanzhi Wang、Olivia Chen、 Yuki Yamanashi、Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 119 Pages: 11-13

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Improvement for autocorrelation of adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron based random number generator2020

    • Author(s)
      Wenhui Luo、Naoki Takeuchi、Olivia Chen
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 120 Pages: 17-20

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Methodology for Automating Data Feedback Circuit Synthesis for a 4-bit Counter in Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Logic2020

    • Author(s)
      Ro Saito、Christopher L Ayala、 Olivia Chen、 Tomoyuki Tanaka、Tomohiro Tamura、 Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 119 Pages: 117-119

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Design and Evaluation of a 1-bit Random Number Generator using Adiabatic Quantum-flux-parametron Logic2020

    • Author(s)
      Wenhui LUO、 Naoki TAKEUCHI、Olivia CHEN、Nobuyuki YOSHIKAWA
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 119 Pages: 95-97

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Design of Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Register Files Using a Top-Down Design Flow2019

    • Author(s)
      Chen Olivia、Saito Ro、Tanaka Tomoyuki、Ayala Christopher L.、Takeuchi Naoki、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

      Volume: 29 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-5

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2019.2908277

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Majority Logic Synthesis Framework for Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Superconducting Circuits2019

    • Author(s)
      Cai Ruizhe、Chen Olivia、Ren Ao、Liu Ning、Ding Caiwen、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki、Wang Yanzhi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 2019 on Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI

      Volume: - Pages: 189-194

    • DOI

      10.1145/3299874.3317980

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A stochastic-computing based deep learning framework using adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron superconducting technology2019

    • Author(s)
      Cai Ruizhe、Ren Ao、Chen Olivia、Liu Ning、Ding Caiwen、Qian Xuehai、Han Jie、Luo Wenhui、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki、Wang Yanzhi
    • Journal Title

      ISCA '19: Proceedings of the 46th International Symposium on Computer Architecture

      Volume: - Pages: 567-578

    • DOI

      10.1145/3307650.3322270

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron: Towards Building Extremely Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems2019

    • Author(s)
      Chen Olivia、Cai Ruizhe、Wang Yanzhi、Ke Fei、Yamae Taiki、Saito Ro、Takeuchi Naoki、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-20

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-019-46595-w

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Buffer and Splitter Insertion Framework for Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Superconducting Circuits2019

    • Author(s)
      Cai Ruizhe、Chen Olivia、Ren Ao、Liu Ning、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki、Wang Yanzhi
    • Journal Title

      ICCD 2019

      Volume: 1 Pages: 429-436

    • DOI

      10.1109/iccd46524.2019.00067

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Towards AQFP-Capable Physical Design Automation2021

    • Author(s)
      Hongjia Li, Mengshu Sun, Tianyun Zhang, Olivia Chen, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa, Bei Yu, Yanzhi Wang, Yibo Lin
    • Organizer
      2021 Design, Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Low-Autocorrelation Random Number Generator using Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Logic2020

    • Author(s)
      Wenhui Luo, Naoki Takeuchi, Olivia Chen, and Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
    • Organizer
      2020 Applied Superconducitivity Conference (ASC)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Logic Synthesis of Sequential Logic Circuits for Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Logic2020

    • Author(s)
      Saito Ro, Ayala Christopher L, Chen Olivia,Tanaka Tomoyuki, Tamura Tomohiro, Yoshikawa Nobuyuki
    • Organizer
      2020 Applied Superconducitivity Conference (ASC)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Demonstration of a 47.8GHz High-Speed FFT Processor Using Single-Flux-Quantum Technology2020

    • Author(s)
      Fei Kei, Olivia Chen, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
    • Organizer
      2020 Applied Superconducitivity Conference (ASC)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An AQFP-Based Neural Network Accelerator with On-Chip Stochastic Number Generation2020

    • Author(s)
      Olivia Chen, Wenhui Luo, Yanzhi Wang, Naoki Takeuchi, and Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
    • Organizer
      2020 Applied Superconducitivity Conference (ASC)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ASAP: An Analytical Strategy for AQFP Placement2020

    • Author(s)
      Y. -C. Chang, H. Li, O. Chen,Y. Wang, N. Yoshikawa, T. -Y. Ho
    • Organizer
      2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 超伝導回路の深層学習応用2019

    • Author(s)
      O. Chen
    • Organizer
      応用物理学会超伝導分科会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Design and implementation of a bitonic sorter-based deep learning accelerator using adiabatic superconducting logic2019

    • Author(s)
      O. Chen, R. Cai, T. Tanaka, Y. Wang, N. Yoshikawa
    • Organizer
      ISEC2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] A novel stochastic number generator using adiabatic superconducting technology2019

    • Author(s)
      O. Chen, W. Luo, R. Cai, N. Takeuchi, Y. Wang and N. Yoshikawa
    • Organizer
      EUCAS2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Majority Logic Synthesis Framework for Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron Superconducting Circuits2019

    • Author(s)
      Cai Ruizhe, Chen Olivia, Ren Ao, Liu Ning, Ding Caiwen, Yoshikawa Nobuyuki, Wang Yanzhi
    • Organizer
      Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A stochastic-computing based deep learning framework using adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron superconducting technology2019

    • Author(s)
      Cai Ruizhe, Ren Ao, Chen Olivia, Liu Ning, Ding Caiwen, Qian Xuehai, Han Jie, Luo Wenhui, Yoshikawa Nobuyuki, Wang Yanzhi
    • Organizer
      ISCA19
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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