arXiv:2606.04266cs.CRcs.LG2026-06

针对芯片老化导致的神经网络推理失效,提出抗老化重训练方法。

Long-Term and Short-Term Transistor Aging in Deep Neural Networks: Impact and Mitigation

论文配图:Long-Term and Short-Term Transistor Aging in Deep Neural Networks: Impact and Mitigation
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  • 通过抗老化重训练,让神经网络适应硬件老化
  • 用更小的时序冗余设计,提升性能且保持精度
  • 适用于长期部署的AI芯片,如智能摄像头

深度神经网络(DNN)广泛应用于图像分类、语音识别等实际场景。在集成电路硬件上运行时,由于晶体管老化导致开关速度下降,引发系统级时序违例,影响推理精度。为保障全生命周期可靠性,设计者通常加入时序保护裕量(guardbands),但过大的裕量会降低性能(速度或吞吐)。本文详细分析了长周期与短周期晶体管老化对DNN推理精度的影响,并提出一种面向老化的重训练方法,可在使用较激进(小于所需)保护裕量的情况下,生成具备韧性的DNN模型,从而在老化条件下仍保持较高推理准确率。该方法在通用图像数据集上的图像分类DNN硬件实现中进行了验证。此外,简要讨论了短期老化作为检测集成电路硬件木马的激励机制的应用。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are used in a variety of real-world applications including, for example, image classification and speech recognition. The inference accuracy of DNN implemented on hardware in integrated circuits (ICs) degrades under phenomena such as transistor aging. Aging slows down the switching speed of transistors, resulting in system-level timing violations due to unsustainable clocks. To maintain reliability for the entire projected lifetime, designers add guardbands to prevent timing violations; however, adding large timing guardbands causes losses in performance (speed or throughput). This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the effects of long-term and short-term transistor aging on DNN inference accuracy. Furthermore, to mitigate aging effects on DNN's accuracy and keep them at bay, a methodology for aging-aware retraining is presented in order to generate a resilient DNN even when aggressive (i.e., smaller than required) guardbands are used. This improves the inference accuracy of the DNNs even in the presence of aging-induced degradation. These effects are discussed in this chapter along with mitigation strategies on a hardware implementation of a DNN for image classification on an off-the-shelf image dataset. The application of short-term aging as an excitation mechanism for the detection of hardware Trojans in integrated circuits is also briefly discussed.

神经网络芯片老化抗老化推理优化

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