arXiv:2606. 15004v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deploying neural networks on low-power microcontrollers (MCUs) requires selecting model architectures under tight memory, latency, and energy constraints.
By Joseph Q. Zales, Pragya Sharma, Mani Srivastava
The paper presents a rapid pipeline for training and deploying machine‑learning models on the WeBe Band, a wrist‑worn wearable device. It automates the creation of hardware‑efficient models, integrates with the Piccolo AI ecosystem, and supports OTA deployment while profiling latency and memory usage. Experimental results show trade‑offs between classical models and lightweight neural networks for real‑time performance on a microcontroller.
By Ehsan Kourkchi, Asmita Asmita, Houman Homayoun, Mahdi Eslamimehr
arXiv:2607. 18171v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-time multimodal applications, including voice agents and interactive video generation, compose heterogeneous models into pipelines whose efficient deployment requires application-specific decisions about placement, streaming, and intra-model parallelism.
By Krish Agarwal, Zhuoming Chen, Yanyuan Qin, Zhenyu Gu, Atri Rudra, Beidi Chen
The paper explores how the number of bird species (target classes) affects the compressibility of neural networks for passive acoustic monitoring on microcontroller units (MCUs). By training and compressing models with varying class counts, the authors show that significant compression can be achieved with minimal performance loss. They also benchmark different hardware platforms and assess the feasibility of deploying energy‑autonomous monitoring devices.
By Nina Brolich, Simon Geis, Maximilian Kasper, Alexander Barnhill, Axel Plinge, Dominik Seu{\ss}
arXiv:2608.28652v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities across various domains, yet their widespread deployment is impeded by sig...
By Venkat R. Dasari, Jakob A. Adams, Vinod K. Mishra, Brian Jalaian
arXiv:2608. 26418v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Modern AI workloads and the hardware that runs them evolve on different timescales: architectural definition precedes volume silicon by years, while target workloads shift in months.
By Architect Labs
arXiv:2601. 15727v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The performance of modern AI systems is fundamentally constrained by the quality of their underlying GPU kernels, which translate high-level algorithmic semantics into low-level hardware operations.
By Yang Yu, Peiyu Zang, Chi Hsu Tsai, Haiming Wu, Yixin Shen, Jialing Zhang, Haoyu Wang, Zhiyou Xiao, Jingze Shi, Yuyu Luo, Wentao Zhang, Chunlei Men, Guang Liu, Yonghua Lin
The paper introduces KOPE, an experience‑driven framework that records hardware kernel optimization trajectories in an Experience Graph Memory and uses Active Context Management and Injection to retrieve relevant past decisions under a fixed token budget. KOPE preserves decision order, outcomes, and alternative branches, enabling evidence from completed runs to inform future optimization steps. In experiments, KOPE achieves a 1.54× speedup over the strongest baseline, raises pass rates from 60.0% to 84.6%, and reduces token consumption dramatically, demonstrating the benefits of continual learning from external experience while keeping the foundation model unchanged.
By Siyuan Chen, Runlin Hou, Shenxiu Wu, Yansong Sun, Junming Cao, Yiyu Zhang, Shudi Shao, Junhao Qiu, Zhichao Lu, Qingfu Zhang
arXiv:2601. 21570v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The field of Embodied AI is witnessing a rapid evolution toward general-purpose robotic systems, fueled by high-fidelity simulation and large-scale data collection.
By Zixing Lei, Genjia Liu, Yuanshuo Zhang, Qipeng Liu, Yuzhu Cai, Sixiang Chen, Jixian Wu, Yunhong Wang, Weixin Li, Chuan Wen, Bo Zhao, Shanghang Zhang, Wenzhao Lian, Siheng Chen
arXiv:2606. 12563v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Arbor is a multi-agent framework that introduces structured tree search as a cognition layer for autonomous agents operating in large, stateful action spaces.
By Neha Prakriya, Chaojun Hou, Zheng Gong, Huasha Zhao, Xi Zhao, Mou Li, Zhenyu Gu, Emad Barsoum
arXiv:2607. 09084v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid expansion of large-scale AI models has led to significant performance breakthroughs across diverse domains, yet it has also raised critical concerns regarding computational costs, energy consumption, and environmental sustainability.
By Linhui Xiao, Guiping Cao, Mingyue Guo, Xianchao Guan, Fan Yang, Ming Tao, Xin Li, Yuxin Peng, Yaowei Wang