Table 2 Tolerable variation for CIFAR-10 (VGG-9 @ 88% acc.) with and without fine-tuning (FT).
From: Device quantization policy in variation-aware in-memory computing design
Dynamic range | Weight precision | Weight implemented scheme | Tolerable STD w/o FT | Tolerable STD w/ FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GH/GL = 2 | 1-bit | S-MLC | 0.05 | 0.07 |
2-bit | S-MLC | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
D-MLC | 0.11 | 0.15 | ||
A-MLC | 0.14 | 0.19 | ||
3-bit | S-MLC | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
D-MLC | 0.12 | 0.27 | ||
A-MLC | 0.2 | 0.28 | ||
GH/GL = 100 | 1-bit | S-MLC | 0.1 | 0.17 |
2-bit | S-MLC | 0.2 | 0.29 | |
D-MLC | 0.24 | 0.37 | ||
A-MLC | 0.26 | 0.46 | ||
3-bit | S-MLC | 0.22 | 0.3 | |
D-MLC | 0.27 | 0.66 | ||
A-MLC | 0.33 | 0.66 |
