Publications by Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes

Distributed Learning of CNNs on Heterogeneous CPU/GPU Architectures

José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques, Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes

The convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have proven to be powerful classification tools in tasks that range from check reading to medical diagnosis, reaching close to human perception, and in some cases surpassing it. However, the problems to solve are be ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC2018

Exploiting Compute Caches for Memory Bound Vector Operations

Paolo Ienne, Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes, João Miguel Morgado Pereira Vieira

To reduce the average memory access time, most current processors make use of a multilevel cache subsystem. However, despite the proven benefits of such cache structures in the resulting throughput, conventional operations such as copy, simple maps and red ...

IEEE2018

Design Space Exploration of LDPC Decoders Using High-Level Synthesis

Paolo Ienne, Vitor Silva, Nithin George, David Novo Bruna, Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes, João Maria Duarte Andrade

2017

Enhancing Design Space Exploration by Extending CPU/GPU Specifications onto FPGAs

Paolo Ienne, Andreas Peter Burg, David Novo Bruna, Madhura Purnaprajna, Georgios Karakonstantis, Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes, João Maria Duarte Andrade

The design cycle for complex special-purpose computing systems is extremely costly and time-consuming. It involves a multiparametric design space exploration for optimization, followed by design verification. Designers of special purpose VLSI implementatio ...

Assoc Computing Machinery2015

From low-architectural expertise up to high-throughput non-binary LDPC decoders: Optimization guidelines using high-level synthesis

Paolo Ienne, Vitor Silva, Nithin George, David Novo Bruna, Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes, João Maria Duarte Andrade

2015

Shortening design time through multiplatform simulations with a portable OpenCL golden-model: the LDPC decoder case

Paolo Ienne, Andreas Peter Burg, David Novo Bruna, Madhura Purnaprajna, Georgios Karakonstantis, Gabriel Falcao Paiva Fernandes

Hardware designers and engineers typically need to explore a multi-parametric design space in order to ﬁnd the best conﬁguration for their designs using simulations that can take weeks to months to complete. For example, designers of special purpose chips ...

2012