FPGA-Based Deep Convolutional Neural Network Optimization Method

Abstract

With the increasing demand for computing speed and real-time data processing in various fields, deep learning and convolutional neural networks are more and more widely used in the field of computer vision. FPGA-based deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) have been proposed and developed rapidly due to its high parallel processing ability, portability, and low power consumption. To further improve the network efficiency, this paper studies the software acceleration tool Vivado HLS provided by Xilinx, the quantification and pruning of convolution neural network model, which can effectively optimize the network model and accelerate the reasoning process.