Tutorial: Domain-Specific Accelerators: From Hardware to Systems

Abstract

Domain-specific accelerators have become a key component in today's systems-on-chip (SoCs) and systems-on-package (SoPs), driving active research and product development to build novel accelerators for emerging applications such as machine learning, robotics, cryptography, and many more. This tutorial will discuss challenges and opportunities for the next generation of domain-specific accelerators, with a special focus on system-level implications of designing, integrating, and scheduling of future heterogeneous platforms. Specifically, we will cover: hardware optimization for efficient accelerator design; state-of-the-art SoC integration protocols (AXI, TileLink, CXL); and runtime system design to dynamically manage accelerator and shared resources at the system level.